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Spinal versus General Anesthesia for Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar interbody Fusion (MIS-TLIF) Implications on OR Time, Pain and Ambulation

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The video presentation is titled "Spinal versus General Anesthesia for Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion, MIS-T Lift, Implications on OR Time, Pain, and Ambulation" by Gaetano De Biase, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Mayo Clinic in Florida, Jacksonville. The study aims to compare preoperative outcomes of spinal anesthesia versus general anesthesia in patients undergoing MIS-T Lift. The retrospective case control study analyzed 40 opioid-naive patients and found that spinal anesthesia significantly reduced both total OR time and total procedure time. Other benefits included reduced postoperative pain and faster postoperative mobilization. The study acknowledges limitations in its retrospective nature and the possibility of selection bias. Overall, spinal anesthesia was found to be an effective technique for MIS-T Lift. No credits were mentioned in the video.

Keywords

Spinal anesthesia

General anesthesia

MIS-T Lift

OR time

Postoperative pain