Does indirect decompression by oblique lateral interbody fusion produce similar clinical and radiological outcomes to direct decompression by open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.
Auroshish SahooMantu JainSuprava NaikGurudip DasPankaj KumarSujit Kumar TripathyHarish V K RatnaMathan Kumar RamasubbuPublished in: Journal of neurosciences in rural practice (2023)
Similar improvement occurs in most of the clinical and radiological parameters in the W-OLIF group compared to the O-TLIF group. Few radiological parameters such as the DH, FH, and F-CSA and the VAS (LBP) correction are superior in the W-OLIF group in the short-term follow-up. We conclude that indirect decompression by W-OLIF provides equivalent, if not better, results than the traditional O-TLIF lumbar fusion.
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