Table S1. Patients’ characteristics and clinical outcomes.
| Case No. | Age (year) | Sex | Surgical segment | VAS score (low back) | VAS score (lower limbs) | ODI score (%) | Modified MacNab criteria (1 year) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-op | Post-op (3 months) | Post-op (1 year) | Pre-op | Post-op (3 months) | Post-op (1 year) | Pre-op | Post-op (3 months) | Post-op (1 year) | |||||||
| 1 | 52 | F | L4/5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | Excellent | ||
| 2 | 55 | M | L4/5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 26 | 20 | Good | ||
| 3 | 67 | F | L4/5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 16 | Excellent | ||
| 4 | 61 | M | L4/5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | Excellent | ||
| 5 | 59 | M | L4/5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | Excellent | ||
| 6 | 55 | F | L4/5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 16 | 4 | Good | ||
| 7 | 34 | M | L4/5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 4 | 0 | Excellent | ||
| 8 | 42 | M | L5/S1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 24 | 6 | Good | ||
| 9 | 67 | F | L4/5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 0 | Excellent | ||
| 10 | 31 | M | L5/S1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 4 | 4 | Good | ||
| 11 | 68 | M | L3/4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | Excellent | ||
| 12 | 51 | M | L5/S1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 0 | Excellent | ||
| 13 | 59 | M | L2/3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 8 | 0 | Excellent | ||
| 14 | 39 | M | L5/S1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 8 | 0 | Excellent | ||
| 15 | 60 | F | L4/5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 6 | 0 | Excellent | ||
| 16 | 45 | M | L2/3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 6 | 0 | Excellent | ||
| 17 | 61 | M | L4/5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 14 | 8 | Good | ||
| 18 | 68 | M | L4/5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 62 | 75 | Poor | ||
| 19 | 61 | M | L4/5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 4 | 4 | Excellent | ||
| 20 | 58 | M | L5/S1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 12 | 12 | Good | ||
| 21 | 27 | M | L5/S1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 0 | Excellent | ||
| 22 | 45 | F | L4/5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 0 | Excellent | ||
| 23 | 66 | F | L4/5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 9 | 10 | Good | ||
VAS, visual analogue scale; ODI, Oswestry disability index; Pre-op, pre-operation; Post-op, post-operation; F, female; M, male.