Comparison Of A Novel Hand-held Retractor-Assisted Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion By The Wiltse Approach And Posterior TLIF
Xing Shen,
Fu tao Li,
Yong quan Chen
et al.
Abstract:Background: Previously, achieving spinal canal decompression through the traditional Wiltse approach has been challenging due to limitations of assisted hand-held retractors. However, recent improvements to the retractors by some surgeons have facilitated spinal canal decompression in the Wiltse approach and have resulted in successful surgical outcomes. Nevertheless, there is a paucity of literature to assess the safety and efficacy of hand-held retractor assisted Wiltse approach TLIF. This study aims to comp… Show more
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