Table 2 Perioperative and clinical outcomes.

From: Comparison of outcomes between indirect decompression of oblique lumbar interbody fusion and MIS-TLIF in one single-level lumbar spondylosis

 

MIS-TLIF

OLIF

p-value

Blood loss

167.32 ± 35.93

90.48 ± 19.74

0.0406*

Surgery time

136.38 ± 31.18

93.95 ± 14.84

0.0291*

Days of discharge

6.39 ± 1.41

4.05 ± 1.56

 < 0.0001*

Pre VAS back pain

6.61 ± 1.66

7 ± 1.26

0.3563

Post VAS back pain

7.56 ± 1.18

1.05 ± 0.94

 < 0.0001*

F/U VAS back pain

3.95 ± 1.53

0.75 ± 1.02

 < 0.0001*

Pre VAS leg pain

6.32 ± 2.01

6 ± 1.21

0.4475

Post VAS leg pain

0.85 ± 0.58

0.75 ± 0.62

0.6496

Pre ODI

69.71 ± 7.24

66.35 ± 5.97

0.6532

Follow-up ODI

48.2 ± 5.93

33.05 ± 9.96

 < 0.0001*

ODI improvement

21.51 ± 9.94

33.30 ± 12.77

0.0260*

  1. Values are mean ± standard deviation; ODI: Oswestry Disability Index; VAS: visual analogue scale; Post: pos-operative (3 days after surgery); F/U: follow-up (6 months after surgery).
  2. *p < 0.05, statistical significance.
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