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. 2021 Dec 3;15(5):962–970. doi: 10.14444/8126

Table 4.

Complications in both groups.

Complications
Open TLIF
MIS-TLIF
Total
Total, n (%) 9 (11.8) 9 (13) 18 (12.4)
Persistent numbness 4 1 5
Radicular symptoms 2 1 3
Infection 1 1 2
Cage back-out 1 3 4
Hematoma 0 1 1
Dural tear 0 1 1
Screw breakage 0 1 1
Foot drop (neurologic) 1 0 1
Revision required, n (%) 2 (2.7) 5 (7.2) 7 (4.8)

Abbreviations: MIS-TLIF, minimally invasive surgery–transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion; TLIF, transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.