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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of the Two Groups

From: Comparison of lumbar endoscopic unilateral laminotomy bilateral decompression and minimally invasive surgery transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for one-level lumbar spinal stenosis

 

LE-ULBD

MIS-TLIF

P value

N

32

80

–

Male/ Female

12/20

32/48

0.808

Age (years)

56.7 ± 9.1 (28–77)

58.8 ± 10.5 (39–85)

0.515

Levels involved

 L2-L3

0 (0%)

2 (2.5%)

0.652

 L3-L4

3 (9.4%)

2 (2.5%)

 L4-L5

20 (62.5%)

52 (65%)

 L5-S1

9 (28.1%)

24 (30%)

Preoperative symptoms

 Back pain

29 (90.6%)

71 (88.8%)

0.777

 Leg pain

28 (87.5%)

70 (87.5%)

1.000

 Numbness

26 (81.2%)

67 (83.8%)

0.751

 Motor weakness

21 (65.6%)

58 (72.5%)

0.473

  1. N indicates number of patients included in the statistical analysis, LE-ULBD lumbar endoscopic unilateral laminotomy bilateral decompression, MIS-TLIF minimally invasive surgery transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion
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