Abstract:[Objective] To compare the clinical consequence of unilateral biportal endoscopy transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion(UBE-TLIF) versus minimal invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) for mild to moderate lumbar spondylolisthesis(LS). [Methods] A retrospective study was done on106 patients who had LS treated surgically in our hospital from January 2022 to March2023. According to preoperative doctor-patient communication, 50 patients received UBE-TLIF, while other 56 patients underwent MISTLIF.The documents regarding perioperative period, follow-up and images of the two groups were compared. [Results] Although the UBETLIFgroup consumed significantly longer operation time than the MIS-TLIF group [(145.0±31.2) min vs (124.8±20.5) min, P<0.001], the for-mer proved significantly superior to the latter in terms of the total incision length [(3.4±0.5) cm vs (6.2±0.8) cm, P<0.001], intraoperativeblood loss [(113.54±30.8) ml vs (125.3±22.6) ml, P=0.026], intraoperative fluoroscopy times [(5.0±1.7) times vs (7.0±2.5) times, P<0.001],walking time [(1.8±0.7) days vs (2.3±0.6) days, P<0.001] and hospital stay [(6.2±1.8) days vs (7.5±2.6) days, P=0.004]. With time of the fol-low-up lasted for (16.5±3.1) months in a mean, the VAS scores for back pain and leg pain, as well as ODI scores were significantly decreased(P<0.05), while JOA scores were significantly increased in both groups (P<0.05). The UBE-TLIF group proved significantly better than theMIS-TLIF group in back pain VAS score [(3.4±0.9) vs (4.0±1.0), P=0.002] 1 week after surgery. With respect of imaging, compared withthose preoperatively, the disc height (DH), lumbar lordosis (LL), foraminal area (FA), and vertebral spondylolisthesis percentage were signifi-cantly improved in both groups after surgery (P<0.05). The UBE-TLIF group had significantly greater DH [(11.8±2.0) mm vs (11.0±1.8) mm,P=0.033] and FA [(13.4±2.0) mm2 vs (12.5±2.1) mm2, P=0.026] than the MIS-TLIF group one week after surgery. [Conclusion] UBE-TLIFachieve similar outcomes to MIS-TLIF in the treatment of single-segment mild to moderate LS, but UBE-TLIF has advantages of smaller in-cisions, less bleeding and faster early postoperative recovery over the MIS-TLIF.