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. 2021 Oct 11;16:584. doi: 10.1186/s13018-021-02725-7

Table 4.

Radiologic evaluation

SA-OLIF (21 levels) OLIF + LP (26 levels) p value
Fusion levels, n
L3/4 3 7 0.475
L4/5 18 19
Cage size
Cage lordosis 6.6 ± 0.9 8.9 ± 3.0 0.001
Cage height 13.6 ± 1.0 13.6 ± 1.6 0.815
Cage length 53.3 ± 2.4 54.0 ± 3.7 0.328
Cage width 19.2 ± 1.9 20.5 ± 1.5 0.010
Disc height
Preop 9.4 ± 2.1 9.4 ± 2.4 0.992
Postop 12.8 ± 2.2* 12.6 ± 2.3* 0.775
Last follow-up 10.4 ± 2.8 11.0 ± 3.4* 0.537
Segmental lordosis
Preop 7.3 ± 2.9 6.7 ± 3.6 0.563
Postop 9.4 ± 2.3* 9.5 ± 3.4* 0.900
Last follow-up 8.8 ± 3.4 8.6 ± 3.8 0.951
Cage subsidence, n (%)
Grade 0 (0–24%) 17 (81.0) 21 (80.8) 0.984
Grade I (25–49%) 3 (14.3) 4 (15.4)
Grade II (50–74%) 1 (4.8) 1 (3.8)
Grade III (75–100%) 0 (0) 0 (0)

SA-OLIF: stand-alone oblique lumbar interbody fusion; OLIF + LP: oblique lumbar interbody fusion combined with lateral plate fixation

Bold means statistically significant

*Means statistically significant, compared with preoperative data