Perioperative outcomes in minimally invasive lumbar spine surgery: A systematic review

Table 5 Studies on minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Ref.	Year	Surgery	Population	MIS patients	Open patients
RCTs/IRCTs
Wang et al[43]	2011	TLIF	LSS, herniation, spondylolisthesis	41	38
Shunwu et al[44]	2010	TLIF	Degenerative lumbar disease	32	30
Wang et al[45]	2011	TLIF	Failed discectomy and decompression	25	27
Cohort studies
Wong et al[46]	2014	TLIF	FBSS, DDD, spondylolisthesis	144	54
Zhang et al[47]	2013	TLIF	DDD	82	76
Villavicencio et al[48]	2010	TLIF	LSS, DDD ± herniation, spondylolisthesis	76	63
Lee et al[49]	2012	TLIF	LSS, DDD, herniation, spondylolisthesis	72	72
Terman et al[50]	2014	TLIF	DDD, LSS, spondylolisthesis, herniation	53	21
Cheng et al[51]	2013	TLIF	Spondylosis/listhesis, foraminal stenosis	50	25
Liang et al[52]	2011	TLIF	Degenerative lumbar instability	45	42
Yang et al[53]	2013	TLIF	Lumbar degenerative diseases	43	104
Gu et al[54]	2014	TLIF	Degenerative conditions	43	38
Wang et al[55]	2010	TLIF	Spondylolisthesis	42	43
Zairi et al[56]	2013	Mini open TLIF	DDD, spondylolisthesis	40	60
Seng et al[57]	2013	TLIF	DDD, spondylolisthesis	40	40
Pelton et al[58]	2012	TLIF	DDD, spondylolisthesis	33	33
Singh et al[59]	2014	TLIF	DDD, spondylolisthesis	33	33
Brodano et al[60]	2013	Mini open TLIF	DDD, spondylolisthesis	30	34
Zou et al[61]	2013	TLIF	LSS, spondylolisthesis, herniation	30	30
1Peng et al[62]	2009	TLIF	DDD, spondylolisthesis	29	29
Archavlis et al[63]	2013	TLIF	SDS and severe FJO	24	25
Dhall et al[64]	2008	Mini open TLIF	DDD, spondylolisthesis	21	21
Schizas et al[65]	2009	TLIF	DDD, spondylolisthesis	18	18
Adogwa et al[66]	2011	TLIF	Grade I spondylolithesis	15	15
Niesche et al[67]	2014	TLIF	Recurrent lumbar disc herniation	14	19
Lau et al[68]	2011	TLIF	Spondylosis/listhesis/lysis	10	12

¹Differences in indications for study and control groups. LSS: Lumbar spinal stenosis; FBSS: Failed back surgery syndrome; DDD: Degenerative disc disease; SDS: Severe degenerative stenosis; FJO: Facet joint arthropathy; MIS: Minimally invasive; TLIF: Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion; RCT: Randomized controlled trial; IRCT: Incomplete randomized controlled trial.