Walking Pain-Free After TLIF
A patient success story from R.M.
"“I could stand straight the very next morning and walked the corridor with the physio.”"
Condition
Spondylolisthesis with bilateral leg pain
Treatment
Minimally invasive TLIF at L4-L5
Patient Story
A 52-year-old operations manager with refractory spondylolisthesis pain underwent single-level TLIF with navigation. In this case she resumed desk work in about three weeks and reported no recurrent pain at her 12-month review.
Recovery Time
3 weeks
Treatment Outcomes
- ✓Oswestry score improved from 58 to 12 in this case
- ✓Fusion confirmed on 6-month CT
- ✓Returned to work in about 3 weeks
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