Research Article
Clinical Outcomes of “U” Route Transforaminal Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy in Chronic Pain Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Combined with Disc Herniation
Table 1
The demographics and complications of the patients and healthy controls.
| | | “U” route PELD (n = 80) | Healthy controls (n = 80) | value |
| | Age, mean, SD (y/o) | 59.5 | 9.76 | 56.7 | 8.10 | 0.078 | | Male, n (%) | 49 | 61.25 | 47 | 58.75 | 0.821 | | Symptom duration, mean, SD (month) | 114.6 | 22.77 | na | na | na | | Operation time, mean, SD (minute) | 87.7 | 25.2 | na | na | na | | Hospital stay, mean, SD (day) | 5.8 | 2.81 | na | na | na | | Lost to follow up, n (%) | 4 | 5 | na | na | na | | Revision operation, n (%) | 1 | 1.25 | na | na | na | | Dural tear, n (%) | 1 | 1.25 | na | na | na | | Nerve root injury, n (%) | 1 | 1.25 | na | na | na | | Dysesthesia, n (%) | 3 | 3.75 | na | na | na |
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