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Having a MIS TLIF with smaller retractable cage and no posterolateral fusion doesn’t sound like a good risk to take for the first surgery. Some MIS surgeons will use similar boomerang cage as you and are able to do posterolateral fusion. The surgeon I am speaking to does not.
When surgeons “sell” this MIS technique they are comparing it to the typical 4-6 inch incision and muscle stripping that goes along with open TLIF. The selling point is no muscle stripping, less pain, faster recovery and they have tracked loss of blood.
Most spine surgeons do not operate through a small incision like yourself for open TLIF. As a matter of fact, none of them do!
You are the best ! Thank you.