Comparison of the clinical efficacy of percutaneous endoscopic lumbar interbody fusion through different surgical approaches: a retrospective study

The three different approaches of PELIF have good efficacy and similar postoperative recovery effect. Compared with the PE-PLIF, the PE-TLIF and the trans-AP PELIF have the advantages of shorter operation time, less intraoperative bleeding and less postoperative drainage. (Registration number: MR-22-25-033828; date of registration: 2025-04-28; retrospectively registered).