Minimally Invasive Versus Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery: An Analysis of Opioids, Nonopioid Analgesics, and Perioperative Characteristics

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Study Design: Retrospective study of consecutive patients at a single institution.Objective: Examine the effect of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) versus open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) surgery on long-term postoperative narcotic consumption. Objective: Examine the effect of minimally invasive versus open TLIF on short-term postoperative narcotic consumption. Methods: Differences between MIS and open TLIF, including inpatient opioid and nonopioid analgesic use, discharge opioid use, and postdischarge duration of narcotic usage were compared using appropriate statistical methods. Results: A total of 172 patients (109 open; 63 MIS) underwent primary TLIF. There was no difference in baseline characteristics. The MIS TLIF cohort had a significantly shorter operative time (223 vs 251 min, P =.006) and length of stay (2.7 vs 3.7 days, P

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Hockley, A., Ge, D., Vasquez-Montes, D., Moawad, M. A., Passias, P. G., Errico, T. J., … Fischer, C. R. (2019). Minimally Invasive Versus Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery: An Analysis of Opioids, Nonopioid Analgesics, and Perioperative Characteristics. Global Spine Journal, 9(6), 624–629. https://doi.org/10.1177/2192568218822320

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