From: The effects of lumbar fusion and non-fusion surgery on the development of Modic changes
Number of patients | n = 270 |
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Gender | male: 130 female: 140 |
Age (years)* | 62.8 ± 15.7 |
BMI (kg/m2)* | 30.0 ± 5.9 |
CRP (mg/L)* | 7.3 ± 17.6 |
Leukocyte count (G/L)* | 8.5 ± 3.2 |
Follow-up time (days)* | 267.6 ± 427.8 |
Type of surgery | Microdiscectomy (n = 93, 34.5%) |
Microsequestrectomy (n = 60, 22.2%) | |
Microdecompression (n = 74, 27.4%) | |
Fusion (TLIF) (n = 43, 15.9%) |