Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopic Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Clinical and Radiological Results of Mean 46-Month Follow-Up

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A 50-year-old female patient (patient number: 3 in the tables) with DDD at the L4-5 level. Lateral standing X-rays showing (a) preoperative, (b) early postoperative, and (c) final follow-up X-rays including standing lateral neutral views taken at 32 months after the surgery. It can be seen that the limbs of the implant are broken and there is a 2.5 mm reduction in DH at the final follow-up examination compared to the early postoperative period. The patient’s VAS-B, VAS-L, and ODI scores were 4, 2.5, 31.1, respectively, at the final follow-up visit. The patient rated her result as “fair.”

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