TLIF was shown to result in a lower complication rate, and PLIF was associated with an increased risk of durotomy. In addition, low-quality evidence showed that the PLIF required longer operative ...

MIS-TLIF utilized more and offers benefits such as less postoperative pain/shorter hospital stay/faster recovery.

Objective To assess the costs and cost-effectiveness of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) compared with open microdiscectomy among patients with sciatica. Methods This economic ...

According to Dr. Vivek Loomba, if the symptoms are still present, an interlaminar or transforaminal epidural steroid injection could be a great way to help reduce them. Targeting the disc herniation ...

A chart-review study found low-dose dexamethasone mixed with local anesthetic was the optimal injectate for use in ILESIs for lumbar radiculopathy.

“The benefit of the endoscopic transforaminal approach is that we can precisely access the point on the side of the spinal ...

NASS’s 2024 Research Funding Program announced grants and traveling fellowships winners totaling $159,059 this year.

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Background We compared the perioperative results and complications associated with PLIF and TLIF, and collected evidence for choosing the better fusion method. Methods A literature survey of the ...