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. 2008 Apr 30;17(9):1201–1209. doi: 10.1007/s00586-008-0665-2

Table 2.

Follow-up data in Spine Tango generation 1, 2, and 3

Spine Tango generation 1 Spine Tango generation 2 Spine Tango generation 3
Number of follow-ups n = 191/831 (23% FU rate) n = 595/1554 (38.3% FU rate) n = 1297/3437 (37.7% FU rate)
Achievement of surgical goals
 Achieved (%) 80.6 93.31 66.21
 Partially achieved (%) 14.7 25.51 41.31
 Not achieved (%) 4.7 10.31 8.11
Work status
 Not at work since OP (%) 25.1 22.9 19.0
 Started partially same job (%) 14.7 8.2 9.9
 Fully reintegrated (%) 15.7 16.6 18.7
 Resumed work, quit again (%) 0 0.2 0.3
 Resumed work, different job (%) 0 0 0.4
 Dismissed (%) 0.5 1 0
 Retired (%) 38.7 49.1 41.4
 Housewife, student, or child (%) 5.2 2.0 16.1
 Other (%) 0 0 1.1
Overall outcome (surgeon)
 Excellent 36.2
 Good 42.9
 Fair 15.1
 Poor 5.1
 Not applicable 0.8

1Multiple choice question: answers add up to >100%