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Comparing the Incidence of Index Level Fusion Following Minimally Invasive Versus Open Lumbar Microdiscectomy.

Global Spine J · 2018 · PMC5810896 · PMID 29456910

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approached significanceP = .17not close (p > 0.1)
The rate of patients who ultimately required index level fusion approached significance, but was not statistically different between open and MIS approaches (10.3% vs 4.4%, P = .17).

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