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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of studies included in this meta-analysis

From: Comparison of instrumented and stand-alone lateral lumbar interbody fusion for lumbar degenerative disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author

Year

Design

Treatment (LLIF)

Sample size

Age (years)

Sex (Male/Female)

Follow-up (months)

Cheng

2021

Retrospective

Instrumented

Stand-alone

15

48

67.0 ± 10.0

NA

23.2 ± 11.5

Wu

2021

Retrospective

Instrumented

Stand-alone

25

36

65.1 ± 9.5

30/31

12

Li

2021

Prospective

Instrumented

Stand-alone

41

54

57.9 ± 8.2/60.3 ± 6.2

20/21

19/35

17.1 ± 3.5

16.3 ± 4.0

Jones

2021

Retrospective

Instrumented

Stand-alone

239

108

61.7 ± 11.1

174/173

12

Cai

2021

Retrospective

Instrumented

Stand-alone

25

41

62.16 ± 8.65/59.46 ± 8.46

12/13

22/19

≥ 6

He

2020

Retrospective

Instrumented

Stand-alone

41

32

61.0 ± 9.3/59.8 ± 13.7

11/30

10/22

24

Chen

2019

Retrospective

Instrumented

Stand-alone

26

27

61.5 ± 10.9/60.2 ± 11.3

7/19

15/12

24

Parker

2017

Retrospective

Instrumented

Stand-alone

78

54

31–86

45/87

24

Malham

2017

Prospective

Instrumented

Stand-alone

19

21

61.8 ± 10.3/65.2 ± 12.1

5/14

7/14

12

Aichmair

2017

Retrospective

Instrumented

Stand-alone

21

31

60.9 ± 10.6/62.5 ± 12.1

35/17

16.1 ± 9.8

Malham

2012

Prospective

Instrumented

Stand-alone

14

16

62.7 ± 10.5

10/20

12

Kim

2012

Retrospective

Instrumented

Stand-alone

4

4

64.0 ± 9.6/67.5 ± 8.3

1/3

1/3

2–8

Sharma

2011

Retrospective

Instrumented

Stand-alone

33

10

63.9 ± 10.2

16/27

12