Superior Facet Joint Violations during Single Level Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Preliminary Retrospective Clinical Study
Table 3
Radiological and functional comparison between two groups.
Group A
Group B
AIDH (cm)
Preoperation
0.92 ± 0.28
0.92 ± 0.25
0.987
Final follow-up
1.10 ± 0.23
1.12 ± 0.19
0.797
Lumbar Cobb angle
Preoperation
30.69 ± 11.60
33.32 ± 13.14
0.446
Final follow-up
31.79 ± 12.54
35.30 ± 9.22
0.269
Surgical Cobb angle
Preoperation
14.13 ± 6.41
14.29 ± 6.63
0.931
Final follow-up
13.84 ± 5.76
15.05 ± 4.66
0.422
Low back VAS
Preoperation
5.94 ± 1.03
6.23 ± 1.07
0.325
2-week postoperation
3.13 ± 0.56
3.23 ± 0.43
0.494
Final follow-up
1.48 ± 0.51
2.32 ± 0.72
<0.001
Leg VAS
Preoperation
6.71 ± 1.01
6.86 ± 0.89
0.568
2-week postoperation
2.77 ± 0.62
2.86 ± 0.71
0.627
Final follow-up
1.45 ± 0.51
1.50 ± 0.51
0.734
ODI
Preoperation
61.26 ± 11.17
57.73 ± 12.74
0.290
Final follow-up
15.06 ± 3.92
19.05 ± 5.30
0.003
ASAIDH (cm)
3-day postoperation
1.07 ± 0.22
1.05 ± 0.23
0.730
Final follow-up
0.92 ± 0.23
0.91 ± 0.24
0.872
ASIDCA (°)
3-day postoperation
7.07 ± 2.30
7.11 ± 2.78
0.955
Final follow-up
7.91 ± 2.63
8.76 ± 2.50
0.238
AIDH: average intervertebral disc height; VAS: visual analogue scale; ODI: Oswestry disability index; ASAIDH: adjacent superior average intervertebral disc height; ASIDCA: adjacent superior intervertebral disc Cobb angle. represents significant differences between the first observation point and the second or third observation point; represents significant differences between the second observation point and the third observation point.
