Table 1.
General Data.
| Authors & year | Country | Study design | No of patients | Females, n (%) | Age, years, mean (range) | Follow-up, months, mean (range) | Hospital stay, days, mean (SD) | Diagnosis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kim et al, 2017 18 | South Korea | Retrospective | 32 | 28 (87.5) | 68 (58-78) | 26.1 (>6) | Degenerative lumbar kyphosis or scoliosis | |
| Ohtori et al, 2015 15 | Japan | Prospective | 12 | 8 (66.7) | 64 (58-78) | 14.5 (12-24) | Degenerated lumbar kyphoscoliosis | |
| Zhao et al, 2017 20 | China | Retrospective | 17 | 13 (76.5) | 69.5 (46-80) | 18.2 (12-28) | Degenerative scoliosis | |
| He et al, 2020 19 | China | Retrospective | 56 | 35 (62.5) | 65.2 (48-81) | 9.3 (>6) | Degenerative lumbar scoliosis | |
| Anand et al, 2019 13 | USA | Prospective | 60 | 39 (65) | 66.8 (48-79) | 24 (3-60) | 8.9 (3.7) | Adult spinal deformity |
| Wang et al, 2019 22 | China | Retrospective | 11 | 10 (90.9) | 71.5 (56-86) | 9.7 (6-15) | 4.1 (1.6) | Degenerative scoliosis |
| Abbasi et al, 2017 23 | USA | Retrospective | 36 | 7 (19.4) | 69.6 | (>5) | 3 | Degenerative spinal deformity |
| Park et al, 2020 14 | Korea | Retrospective | 23 | 20 (87) | 69.4 (20-80) | 40.7 (>24) | Degenerative spinal deformity | |
| Lee et al, 2019 24 | Korea | Retrospective | 41 | 39 (95.1) | 72 (≥65) | 25.1 (>24) | Adult spinal deformity | |
| Mehren et al, 2020 25 | Germany | Retrospective | 15 | 12 (80) | 71 (34-84) | (>3) | Degenerative lumbar scoliosis or segmental kyphosis | |
| Lui et al, 2019 26 | UK | Prospective | 34 | 22 (64.7) | 62.9 (45-81) | (>24) | Adult spinal deformity | |
| Koike et al, 2020 27 | Japan | Retrospective | 74 | 65 (87.8) | 73.6 (52-84) | 22.4 (12-64) | Idiopathic or degenerative scoliosis | |
| Wu and Huang, 2019 28 | China | Retrospective | 38 | 26 (68.4) | 65 (48-82) | 18.5 (>12) | Degenerative scoliosis | |
| Fang et al, 2020 29 | China | Retrospective | 27 | 10 (37) | 54 (51-68) | 30 (6-52) | Degenerative scoliosis | |
| Xu et al, 2020 30 | China | Retrospective | 28 | (>18) | 24.2 (15-40) | 6 (2.4) | Degenerative lumbar scoliosis | |
| Patel et al, 2019 21 | South Korea | Prospective | 15 | 12 (80) | 67 (63-74) | 24 (21-30) | Degenerative lumbar scoliosis or kyphoscoliosis |