Zdeblick TA. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Indications of a TLIF approach include all degenerative pathologies, including broad-based disc prolapses, degenerate disc disease, recurrent disc herniation, pseudoarthrosis, and symptomatic spondylosis. Further studies on TLIF performed via a unilateral complete facetectomy demonstrate no significant improvement in segmental lordosis at the operative level These operations can also be performed using mini-open or minimally invasive MIS approaches 2 , 3.
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