title: Mast Quadrant-assisted minimally invasive modified transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: single incision versus double incision.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The concept of minimally invasive techniques is to make every effort to reduce tissue damage. Certainly, reducing skin incision is an important part of these techniques. This study aimed to investigate the clinical feasibility of Mast Quadrant-assisted modified transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) with a small single posterior median incision.
  
  
  METHODS
  During the period of March 2011 to March 2012, 34 patients with single-segment degenerative lumbar disease underwent the minimally invasive modified TLIF assisted by Mast Quadrant with a small single posterior median incision (single incision group). The cases in this group were compared to 37 patients with single-segment degenerative lumbar disease in the double incision group. The perioperative conditions of patients in these two groups were statistically analyzed and compared. The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) scores, Visual Analog Scale (VAS) scores, and sacrospinalis muscle damage evaluation indicators before operation and 3, 12 months postoperation were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 31 and 35 cases in the single incision and double incision groups, respectively, completed at least 12 months of systemic follow-up. The differences in perioperative conditions between the two groups were not statistically significant. The incision length of the single incision group was significantly shorter than that of the double incision group (P < 0.01). The ODI and VAS scores of patients in both groups improved significantly at 3 and 12 months postoperation. However, these two indicators at 3 and 12 months postoperation and the sacrospinalis muscle damage evaluation indicators at 3 months postoperation did not differ significantly between the two groups (P ≥ 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mast Quadrant-assisted modified TLIF with a small single posterior median incision has excellent clinical feasibility compared to minimally invasive TLIF with a double paramedian incision.
authors.forename: Xin-Lei
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Hong-Li
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
authors.forename: Fei-Zhou
authors.initials: FZ
authors.lastname: Lyu
authors.forename: Li-Xun
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiao-Sheng
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Jian-Yuan
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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