Comparison of perioperative outcomes following open versus minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in obese patients

Abstract

Minimally invasive TLIF offers obese patients perioperative benefits similar to those seen in patients with normal BMI who undergo the same procedure. These benefits include less EBL, a shorter hospital stay, and potentially fewer complications compared with open TLIF. Additional large retrospective studies and randomized prospective studies are needed to verify these findings.