Table 1 Patient characteristics
Patient no. | Age, sex | Symptoms | Initial diagnosis | Final diagnosis | Primary treatment | NRS before treatment | NRS after treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 68, F | Severe LBP | Adult spinal deformity | Degenerative discopathy | Selected spinal fusion (two levels) | 8 | 0 |
2 | 72, F | Severe LBP | Adult spinal deformity | Degenerative discopathy and facet joint arthropathy | Selected spinal fusion (two levels) | 8 | 2 |
3 | 77, F | Severe LBP and mild right LE numbness | Adult spinal deformity | Degenerative discopathy (adjacent segment disease after spinal fusion) | Selected spinal fusion (one level) | 9 | 3 |
4 | 74, F | Severe LBP and mild left LE pain | Adult spinal deformity | Insufficiency fracture of the end-plate of the L4 vertebral body | Lumbar orthosis | 9 | 4 |
5 | 67, F | Severe LBP | Adjacent segment disease after spinal fusion | Insufficiency fracture of the L3 transverse process | Lumbar orthosis | 8 | 2 |