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Extent of intraoperative muscle dissection does not affect long-term outcomes after minimally invasive surgery versus open-transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion surgery: A prospective longitudinal cohort study

Owoicho Adogwa, KevinR Carr, Kevin T. Huang, Joseph Cheng, Kwame Johnson, ElliotT Min, Neil M. Issar

Surgical Neurology International · 2012 · 24 citations · 22 references

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Increased intraoperative muscle trauma unexpectedly observed in higher postoperative CPK levels for MIS-TLIF versus open-TLIF did not correlate with any differences in two-year improvement in pain and functional disability.

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