Clinical efficacy of treatment of 87 patients with lumbar degenerative disease by minimally invasive modified TLIF
Abstract：Objective To investigate the clinical outcomes of Quadrant system modified transforaminal lum -bar interbody fusion ( modified TLIF) for treatment of lumbar degenerative disease .Methods Eigty-seven patients with lumbar degenerative disease were treated by modified TLIF assisted by Quadrant expandable tube channel mini -mally invasive system , via posterior multifidus muscle gap approach .Clinical outcomes were assessed by the VAS pain scores and JOA scores .Pre-operative and post-operative conditions and complicaions were monitored .Results In all of 87 patients, the mean operation time was 189 min, the mean incision length was 4.1 cm, the mean operative blood loss was 260 ml and the post-operative drainage was 105 ml.Two patients complicated with dural tears were cured after treatment .All patients were followed-up for 13.5 months, VAS pain scores and JOA scores of one week post-operation and last visit were significantly lower than that of pre-operation ( P<0.05 ) .Conclusion Applying Quadrant expandable tube channel modified TLIF for treatment of lumbar degenerative disease had the advantages of less damage, bleeding and time for recovery , with acknowledged short-term outcomes.It is a safe and effective mini-mally invasive operation method .
Keywords：Lumbar degenerative diseaseMast-QuadrantMinimally invasionModified transforami-nal lumbar interbody fusion(modified TLIF)
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 1097-1100 )