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Table 2 Characteristics of surgical cohort

From: Functional outcome of non-surgical and surgical management for de novo degenerative lumbar scoliosis: a mean follow-up of 10 years

Parameter

Value

Number of patients

15

Age at index surgery (years)

63.5 ± 7.5

Posterior-only approach

15 (100%)

Posterior instrumentation and fusion

15 (100%)

Number of levels fused, range (average)

2–8 (4.7)

UIV, range

T10-L4

LIV, range

L5-ilium

PLIF

2 (13.3%)

DLIF

2 (13.3%)

Decompression

6 (40%)

  1. Value of age is expressed as the mean and standard deviation
  2. UIV upper-most instrumented vertebra, LIV lower-most instrumented vertebra, DLIF direct lateral interbody fusion, PLIF posterior lumbar interbody fusion