Is Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Also Minimally Pro-Inflammatory? Muscular Markers, Inflammatory Parameters and Cytokines to Quantify the Operative Invasiveness Assessment in Spine Fusion

Over the last decades, minimally invasive surgery (MIS) techniques entered in the surgical routine due to their major advantage in reducing the unnecessary exposure of tissue and, thus, the trauma. Even in the context of orthopedics and spine surgery these practices have been widely developed and ap...

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Main Authors: G. Lombardi, D. Grasso, P. Berjano, G. Banfi, C. Lamartina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-05-01
Series:European Journal of Inflammation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1721727X1401200203