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