Table 1

Inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Patients Adults (>18 years old) treated for:
Degenerative disc disease
Disc herniation
Spondylolisthesis
Scoliosis
Spinal stenosis
Adjacent segment disease
Pediatric and adolescent
Tumor
Infection
Trauma
Intervention Lateral lumbar interbody fusion
Transpsoas interbody fusion
Study English language
RCT
Observational studies
Level I/II/III evidence
Non-English
Review articles
Case reports
Level IV evidence
n < 10
Outcome Lower extremity pain, weakness and sensory and motor deficits
Risk factors
Long-term outcomes