Table 1.

Patient and surgical characteristics (n = 72)

Characteristic	Mini-posterior (n = 35)	Two-incision (n = 37)	p Value
Age (years)*	63.8 ± 8.2	61.2 ± 8.0	0.1703
BMI*	27.3 ± 3.5	27.6 ± 3.3	0.7699
Gender (number of patients)			0.9272
Female	24 (69%)	25 (68%)
Male	11 (31%)	12 (32%)
ASA score (number of patients)			0.1019
1	1 (3%)	4 (11%)
2	28 (80%)	30 (81%)
3	6 (17%)	3 (8%)

* Values are expressed as mean ± SD; BMI = body mass index; ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists.