Research Article
A Novel Capsule Lumbar Interbody Fusion (CLIF) in Treating Foot Drop due to Lumbar Degenerative Diseases: a Prospective, Observational Study
Table 3
Radiological results of patients in the TLIF group and CLIF group.
| | Parameters (median (range)) | TLIF | CLIF | value |
| | HIS (mm) | Pre | 9.3 (7.6–10.3) | 9.5 (8.9–11.5) | 0.315 | | Post | 9.8 (8.6–10.8) | 7.4 (6.6–9.2) | <0.001 | | Change | 1.0 (0.3–1.7) | 1.9 (1.4–2.3) | 0.249 |
| | FH (mm) | Pre | 18.6 (11.6–23.7) | 19.8 (13.5–22.9) | 0.508 | | Post | 19.8 (12.5–24.6) | 17.7 (12.4–19.4) | 0.051 | | Change | 0.9 (0.2–1.2) | 2 (1.1–3.5) | 0.585 |
| | FA (mm2) | Pre | 149.4 (134.2–160.2) | 150.1 (139.2–161.4) | 0.581 | | Post | 190.6 (179.5–205.7) | 187.1 (179.1–198.2) | 0.057 | | Change | 43.4 (32.0–55.8) | 37.2 (27.9–47.8) | 0.004 |
| | SL (°) | Pre | 7.5 (0.9–9.3) | 7.1 (1.2–9.1) | >0.999 | | Post | 7.8 (2.5–10.3) | 8.0 (2.4–9.4) | 0.952 | | Change | 0.7 (0.1–1.6) | 0.6 (0.08–1.2) | 0.523 |
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HIS: height of intervertebral space; FH: foraminal height; FA: foraminal area; SL: segmental lordosis.
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