Miniopen Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Unilateral Fixation: A Comparison between Ipsilateral and Contralateral Reherniation

Table 5

Clinical evaluation before and after unilateral fixation TLIF for the treatment of recurrent herniation.

Variable	Ipsilateral (31)	Contralateral (7)	P
Preoperative
Back pain VAS score			0.403
Leg pain VAS score			0.280
JOA score			0.367
Last followup
Back pain VAS score			0.709
Leg pain VAS score			0.473
JOA score			0.614
Fusion rate	90.3%	85.7%	1.000

Data presented as mean ± SD, <0.05 was considered to be significant.