Transforaminal Epiduroscopic Basivertebral Nerve Laser Ablation for Chronic Low Back Pain Associated with Modic Changes: A Preliminary Open-Label Study

Table 1

Patient characteristics of TEBLA.

Characteristic	Value
Patients (n)	14
Sex (n)	Women = 8/men = 6
Age (years)	46 ± 9.95 (31−63)
Symptoms duration (months)	21.21 ± 21.87 (4−84)
Follow-up duration (months)	15.3 ± 2.67 (12−20)
Surgical level
L2-3	3
L3-4	2
L4-5	1
L4-5-S1	1
L5-S1	7
Number of complications	0
Macnab criteria
Excellent	7 (50%)
Good	6 (43%)
Fair	1 (7%)
Poor	0