Orthopedic Journal of China 2009;17(21):1624-1628

Research progress of minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Jie PAN ; Lie QIAN ; Jun TAN

Keywords

lumbar fusion; transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion; minimally invasive; surgical assistant instruments

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Lumbar fusion is currently the major treatment of lumbar degenerative disease, spinal instability and discogenic disease etc. Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) is a novel lumbar fusion technique in recent years, and with the progress of minimally invasive spinal surgery, minimally invasive TLIF (mini-TLIF) technique has also got access to rapid development, which has more advantages compared with traditional open TLIF. The authors review the indications and contraindications, surgical method, development and advantages and minimally invasive surgical assistant instruments of mini -TLIF.