Table 3.
Details on the Surgery of the 69 Patients (Lumbar Surgery With Fusion)
| Fusion Lumbar Surgery (26 Patients) | |
|---|---|
| Number of Levels Fused | Number of Patients |
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 |
| Patient did not answer | 8 |
| Spinal Segment Fused | Number of Patients |
| L2-L3 | 1 |
| L3-L4 | 1 |
| L4-L5 | 10 |
| L5-S1 | 1 |
| L1-S1 | 1 |
| L4-S1 | 3 |
| T10-L3 | 1 |
| Patient did not answer | 8 |
| Type of Surgery Performed | Number of Patients |
| Decompression laminectomy with fusion with screw and rod | 10 |
| Decompression laminectomy with bone fusion | 6 |
| Intertransverse process fusion | 0 |
| Other (cage fusion, spondylolisthesis bolt fusion) | 3 |
| Patient did not answer | 7 |
One patient did not answer. Two patients had fusion surgery as well as nonfusion surgery. (One of them had L3-L4 decompression laminectomy with bolt and rod fusion and 3-level decompression laminectomy without fusion; the second had 2 levels of metal cushions/hardware at L4-L5.)