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Table 2 Operative summary

From: Return to flight duty (RTFD) after posterior lumbar spine surgery for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation (LDH) and lumbar isthmic spondylolisthesis (LIS) in Chinese military pilots

Parameter

No. (%)

Total cases

24

Procedure type

 Isolated neural decompression

16 (66.7)

 Decompression with fusion

8 (33.3)

Surgical technique

 TILF

8 (33.3)

 MED

6 (25.0)

 PELD

5 (20.8)

 OFD

4 (16.7)

 UBE

1 (4.2)

Implant

 PSS and cage

8 (88.9)

 WIDSS

1 (11.1)

Scopes of surgery

 1-level

23 (95.8)

 2-level

1 (4.2)

Level

 L3-4

1 (4.0)

 L4-5

13 (52.0)

 L5-S1

11 (44.0)

Complication

 Chronic low back pain

1 (4.2)

  1. TILF, transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion; MED, microendoscopic discectomy; PELD, percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy; OFD, open fenestration discectomy; UBE, unilateral biportal endoscopic discectomy; PSS, pedicle screw system; WIDSS, Wallis interspinous dynamic stabilization system