Clinical Study
Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Using a Modified Distractor Handle: A Midterm Clinicoradiological Follow-Up Study
Table 1
Demographic and clinical data of LDD patients (
) scheduled for TLIF using the modified distractor handle.
| | Age, year, mean (range) | 53 (40–73) | | Sex, M/F | 30/15 | | Concomitant lumbar conditions, (%) | | | Spinal stenosis with instability | 25 (55.6) | | Involving single segment | 19 (42.2) | | Involving two segments | 6 (13.3) | | Single-segment spondylolisthesis | 20 (44.4) | | Grade 1 | 11 (24.4) | | Grade 2 | 9 (20.10) | | Fused levels, (%) | | | L3-L4 | 7 (15.6) | | L4-L5 | 23 (51.1) | | L5–S1 | 25 (55.6) | | Operative time, min, mean (range) | 92.3 ± 34.5 (80–145) | | Volume of intraoperative bleeding, min, mean (range) | 120.4 ± 40.4 (95–160) | | Time length of postoperative hospitalization, , mean (range) | 7.3 (5–12) | | Duration of follow-up period, mo, mean (range) | 17.6 (12–24) |
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LDD: lumbar degenerative disease; TLIF: transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.
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