TY - JOUR AU - Xie, Qingsong AU - Zhang, Jing AU - Lu, Feng AU - Wu, Hao AU - Chen, Zan AU - Jian, Fengzeng PY - 2018 DA - 2018/01/17 TI - Minimally invasive versus open Transforaminal lumbar Interbody fusion in obese patients: a meta-analysis JO - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders SP - 15 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MI-TLIF) has been employed in increasing cases compared with open TLIF (Open-TLIF). However, it is uncertain whether the advantages of MI-TLIF can also be specifically applied in obese patients. Therefore, the current study was thereby carried out aiming to compare the outcomes of MI-TLIF with those of Open-TLIF in obese patients with lumbar degenerative diseases. SN - 1471-2474 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-018-1937-6 DO - 10.1186/s12891-018-1937-6 ID - Xie2018 ER -