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Table 5 VAS back pain and leg pain score

From: Modified minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion using a trans-multifidus approach: a safe and effective alternative to open-TLIF

 

Preoperative

6 months

2 years

OPEN-TLIF BP

6.5 ± 2.53

1.7 ± 1.33

1.2 ± 0.71

MMI-TLIF BP

6.1 ± 2.19

1.8 ± 1.38

1.0 ± 0.93

OPEN-TLIF LP

6.5 ± 1.88

2.1 ± 1.05

1.1 ± 0.86

MMI-TLIF LP

7.2 ± 1.92

2.1 ± 1.45

1.0 ± 0.76

  1. BP back pain, LP leg pain, MMI-TLIF modified minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, Open-TLIF open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion
  2. P < 0.01 when preoperation compared to 6 months and 2 years, respectively, in both MMI-TLIF and open-TLIF groups of BP and LP
  3. P > 0.05 when 6 months compared to 2 years in open-TLIF group of BP
  4. P < 0.05 when 6 months compared to 2 years in MMI-TLIF group of BP
  5. P < 0.01 when 6 months compared to 2 years in both open-TLIP and MMI-TLIF groups of LP
  6. P > 0.05 when open-TLIF compared to MMI-TLIF in preoperation, 6 months and 2 years of BP and LP
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X