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Table 5 Operation time and blood loss for 2-level lumbar fusion

From: Navigated 2-level posterior lumbar fusion: a 5-cm-incision procedure

Author

Operation time (min)

Intraoperative blood loss (ml)

Sakaura [10] (PLIF)

218

612

Hioki [11] (PLIF)

301.8

1277.6

Scarone [12] (MIS-TLIF)

249.6

206

Current study (navigated PLF)

160.7

209.0

Current study (conventional PLF)

144.4

334.0

  1. MIS minimally invasive surgery