Table 2.
Cohort of patients who did not require fluoroscopically guided spine infiltrations | Cohort of all patients with fluoroscopically guided spine infiltrations following TDR | Cohort of patients with confirmed facet joint pain (at all levels) | Cohort of patients with confirmed facet joint pain at the level L5/S1 | Cohort of patients with confirmed iliosacral joint pain | Entire study cohort (all patients) | |
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Number of patients | n = 117 | n = 58 | n = 22 | n = 17 | n = 21 | n = 175 |
Sex | ||||||
Male (%) | 38.5 | 37.9 | 27.3 | 23.5 | 28.6 | 38.3 |
Female (%) | 61.5 | 62.1 | 72.7 | 76.5 | 71.4 | 61.7 |
Agemean (years) | 43.5 | 44.2 | 43.3 | 42.8 | 44.8 | 43.7 |
Range | (21.9–70.9) | (28.9–65.8) | (28.9–63.7) | (28.9–63.7) | (29.4–60.4) | (21.9–70.9) |
FUmean (months) | 30.5 | 26.8 | 26.9 | 30.6 | 28.1 | 29.3 |
Range | (12.2–67.3) | (12.2–74.9) | (12.6–60.3) | (16.4–60.3) | (13.8–58.4) | (12.2–74.9) |
Patient satisfaction rate | ||||||
Completely satisfied | 70.2% | 28.6 | 19.0% | 17.6% | 36.8% | 56.1% |
Satisfied | 22.8% | 32.1 | 19.0% | 23.5% | 31.6% | 25.7% |
Not satisfied | 7.0% | 39.3 | 61.9% | 58.8% | 31.6% | 18.1% |
Good + excellent | 93.9% | 60.7% | 38.0% | 41.2% | 68.4% | 81.8% |
Economic Changes | ||||||
Former job, full time | 55.6% | 33.9% | 40.0% | 46.7% | 47.6% | 48.0% |
Former job, part time | 6.8% | 14.3% | 10.0% | 6.7% | 4.8% | 9.1% |
New job | 11.1% | 8.9% | 5.0% | 0% | 4.8% | 10.3% |
Back to work | 73.5% | 57.1% | 55.0% | 53.3% | 57.1% | 67.4% |
TDR including lumbosacral junction | n = 88 (75.2%) | n = 51 (87.9%) | n = 18 (81.8%) | n = 16 (94.1%) | n = 20 (95.2%) | n = 139 (79.4%) |
Level of TDR | ||||||
Monosegmental | n = 101 (86.3%) | n = 46 (79.3%) | n = 19 (86.4%) | n = 15 (88.2%) | n = 16 (76.2%) | n = 147 (84%) |
L2/3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
L3/4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
L4/5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
L5/6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
L4/S1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
L5/S1 | 72 | 39 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 111 |
Bisegmental | n = 16 (13.9%) | n = 11 (19.0%) | n = 3 (13.6%) | n = 2 (12.5%) | n = 5 (23.8%) | n = 27 (15.4%) |
L3/4/5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
L5/6/S1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
L4/5/S1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 24 |
3-segmental | n = 0 (0%) | n = 1 (1.7%) | n = 0 (0%) | n = 1 (0.6%) | ||
L3/4/5/S1 | 1 | 1 |
TDR Total lumbar disc replacement, FU follow-up