Minimally Invasive Versus Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (NCT03692845) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Minimally Invasive Versus Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
60 participantsStarted 2018-11
Plain-language summary
A study that compares between Open TLIF and Minimally invasive TLIF regarding patients' functional status(Oswestry Disability index)as a primary outcome measure.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years – 65 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Adults more than 18 years of age and less than 65 years of age..
* Degenerative or isthmic spondylolithesis Grade 1,2 and 3.
* Recurrent Symptomatic recurrent lumbar disc prolapsed with or without evident neural compression.
* Single level pathology involving L2-3, L3-4, L4-5 and or L5-S1.
* Symptoms not responding to conservative treatment for at least 3 months.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Previous spinal fusion or instrumentation.
* Spinal tumours, infection and fractures.
* Patients with severe osteoporosis
* BMI more than 35.
* Non-ambulant patients and patients with severe preoperative neurological affection (Cauda Equina Syndrome)
* Patients not willing to participate in the study