Prospective Study of Long-term Effect between Multifidus Muscle Bundle and Conventional Open Approach in One-level Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare postoperative imaging results, clinical outcomes and complications between the multifidus muscle bundle (MMB) approach and the conventional open (CO) approach in one-level posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF).

Methods

Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 201 of 351 patients in our hospital were enrolled in this prospective study and underwent MMB-PLIF or CO-PLIF randomly: 111 patients in the MMB-PLIF group and 90 patients in the CO-PLIF group. A total of 100 patients failed to be followed up in the following 7-9 years. Therefore, in this study, 52 patients of the MMB group and 49 patients of the CO group were included. We evaluated the differences in terms of multifidus atrophy rate, intervertebral disc height and segmental lordosis restora

SUBMITTER: Zhu HF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6594533 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature