Table 1.
Rates of Neurologic Complications With Minimally Invasive MI-TLIF, XLIF, OLIF, and Open TLIF.
| Study | Surgery | n | Complication | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wong et al (2014)31 | MI-TLIF | 144 | Radiculitis/deficits | 7.80% |
| Archavlis and Carvi (2013)35 | MI-TLIF | 24 | Radiculopathy | 8.30% |
| Deutsch and Musacchio (2006)36 | MI-TLIF | 20 | Radiculopathy | 10% |
| Lau et al (2013)37 | MI-TLIF | 15 | Radiculopathy | 6.25% |
| Lee and Fessler (2014)38 | MI-TLIF | 84 | Dysesthesia | 1.19% |
| Rosen et al (2008)39 | MI-TLIF | 110 | Radiculopathy | 4.55% |
| Schwender et al (2005)40 | MI-TLIF | 49 | Radiculopathy | 4.10% |
| Villavicencio et al (2010)2 | MI-TLIF | 76 | Nerve root deficit | 10.50% |
| Pumberger et al (2012)23 | XLIF | 235 | Sensory deficits | 28.7% |
| Groin/anterior thigh pain | 41% | |||
| Tohmeh et al (2012)41 | XLIF | 102 | Radiculopathy | 28% |
| Sensory loss | 18% | |||
| Tormenti et al (2010)42 | XLIF | 8 | Motor radiculopathy | 25% |
| Thigh paresthesia/dysesthesia | 75% | |||
| Silvestre et al (2012)14 | OLIF | 179 | Sympathetic chain injury | 1.68% |
| Neurologic deficit | 1.11% | |||
| Wong et al (2014)31 | Open TLIF | 54 | Radiculitis/deficit | 9.30% |
| Villavicencio et al (2010)29 | Open TLIF | 63 | Neurologic deficits | 1.60% |
| Wang et al (2010)30 | Open TLIF | 43 | Radiculopathy | 2.30% |
Abbreviations: TLIF, transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion; MI-TLIF, minimally invasive TLIF; XLIF, far lateral interbody fusion; OLIF, oblique lateral interbody fusion.