Table 4.
Type of surgery (percent) performed for Degenerative Disc Disease, DDD, over time (1999–2007)
| Type of surgery | 1999 % | 2001 % | 2003 % | 2005 % | 2007 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Posterolateral instrumented fusion | 45 | 34 | 20 | 24 | 19 |
| ALIF with/without implants | 22 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| PLIF | 0 | 18 | 31 | 26 | 20 |
| Disc prosthesis | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 20 |
| Decompression + PLIF | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| Decompression + posterolateral instrumented fusion | 15 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| Posterolateral uninstrumented fusion | 11 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Nucleus prosthesis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TLIF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Total number of patients |