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

Table 4 Comparison of Modified Macnab Evaluation in the Two Groups

Modified Macnab evaluation		LE-ULBD	MIS-TLIF	P value
Outcome	Excellence (N)	22	51	NS
	Good (N)	7	24	NS
	Fair (N)	3	5	NS
	Poor (N)	0	0	NS
Excellence/good rate (%)		90.6	93.8	NS

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, NS not significant

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