Table 4. Preoperative Degenerative Lumbar Pathologies.
Pathology, n (%) | Number (N = 252) |
---|---|
Disc pathology: | 236 (93.7) |
Disc reduction <50% | 124 (49.2) |
Disc reduction ≥50% | 94 (37.3) |
Disc protrusion | 109 (43.3) |
Disc extrusion | 28 (11.1) |
Disc sequestration | 11 (4.4) |
Stenosis: | 180 (71.4) |
Central/lateral recess | 116 (46.0) |
Foraminal | 74 (29.4) |
Not specified | 5 (2.0) |
Spondylolisthesis: | 133 (52.8) |
Degenerative | 92 (36.5) |
Isthmic | 42 (16.7) |
Grade 1 | 112 (44.4) |
Grade 2 | 21 (8.3) |
Grade >2 | 0 (0) |
Other | 21 (8.3) |