Background: The transition of minimally invasive (MIS) spine surgery from the inpatient to
outpatient setting has been aided by advances in multimodal analgesic (MMA) protocols …

Study Design. Retrospective analysis. Objective. To compare postoperative narcotic
consumption and pain scores between multimodal analgesia (MMA) and patient-controlled …

Objective Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is a multidisciplinary approach to
surgical care that aims to improve outcomes and reduce costs. Its application to spine …

OBJECTIVE Open spinal fusion surgery is often associated with significant blood loss,
postoperative pain, and prolonged recovery times. Seeking to minimize surgical and …

Purpose To evaluate specific demographic and perioperative variables associated with
higher inpatient pain scores following minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody …

Object Previous studies comparing minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody
fusion (MITLIF) with open TLIF have demonstrated that MITLIF reduces blood loss and …

Objectives To review the surgical results and to identify possible parameters influencing the
clinical outcomes in an unselected patient collective undergoing minimally invasive lumbar …

Study Design: Retrospective study of consecutive patients at a single institution. Objective:
Examine the effect of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) versus open transforaminal lumbar …

BACKGROUND Opioid requirements in the perioperative period in patients undergoing
lumbar spine fusion surgery remain problematic. Although minimally invasive surgery (MIS) …

Background The versatility of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) allows fusion at
any level along with any necessary canal decompression. Unilateral TLIF with a single …