Is Advanced Age a Factor That Influences the Clinical Outcome of Single- or Double-Level MIS-TLIF? A Single-Center Study with a Minimum Two-Year Follow-Up on 103 Consecutive Cases.

Life (Basel) · 2023 · PMC10302621 · PMID 37374183

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There was a trend toward significance in the number of disk spaces treated, with older patients being treated at more than one space (22% younger vs. 39% older patients, p = 0.09), and in having a longer length of stay (LOS) (4.6 ± 1.9 younger vs. 5.3 ± 1.8 older, p = 0.08).

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