Table 7.
Literature on Segmental Lordosis Change after LLIF.
| Studies | Segmental Lordosis | Regional Lordosis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (levels) | Pre-op | Post-op | Change | P value | N (patients) | Pre-op | Post-op | Change | P value | |
| Sharma, et al. 201115 | 87 | 5.4° | 8.5° | 3.1° | p=0.001 | 43 | 47.8±15.1 | 48.3±12.0 | 0.5 | p=0.86 |
| Acosta, et al. 201114 | 66 | 5.3° | 8.2° | 2.9° | p<0.0001 | 36 | 42.1 | 46.2° | 4.1 | p >0.05 |
| Watkins et al. 201418 | 86 | 8.2 ° | 10.4° | 2.2° | p<0.001 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tohmeh et al. 201420 | 223 | 10.7° | 13.7° | 3° | p<0.001 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Present Study | 54 | 12.1° | 15.3° | 3.2° | p<0.0.1 | 18 | 51.5 | 54.0 | 2.5 | P<0.01 |