Spine
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Comparative Study
Anterior and posterior lumbar interbody fusion with percutaneous pedicle screws: comparison to muscle damage and minimally invasive techniques.
Retrospective analysis of patients whom underwent one-level anterior lumbar interbody fusion or posterior lumbar interbody fusion with percutaneous pedicle screws. ⋯ Minimally invasive anterior lumbar interbody fusions with percutaneous pedicle screws cause significantly less muscle damage than minimally invasive posterior lumbar interbody fusions with percutaneous screws. Furthermore minimally invasive anterior lumbar body interbody fusions demonstrated near the same amount of muscle damage to previously published literature on lumbar microdikectomies.