Posterolateral Fusion Versus Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Elsayed SaidMohamed E Abdel-WanisMohamed AmeenAli A SayedKhaled H MosallamAhmed Mohamed AhmedHamdy TammamPublished in: Global spine journal (2021)
This systematic review and meta-analysis provide a comparison between PLF and PLIF based on RCTs. Although PLIF had higher fusion rates, both fusion methods achieve similar clinical outcomes with equal complication rate, revision rate, operation time and blood loss at 1-year minimum follow-up.