Here are four observations:
1. The complexity of MIS procedures and the steep learning curve prove detrimental to the U.S. MIS implant market, however.
2. The report highlights percutaneous techniques and retractor techniques as difficult procedures for surgeons to learn, compared to open methods.
3. The MIS interbody market is trending away from posterior lumbar interbody fusion and transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion devices.
4. Researchers are seeing a draw toward oblique lateral interbody fusion and lateral lumbar interbody fusion devices.
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