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09 October 2020 : Clinical Research  

Comparison Between Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopic Discectomy and Fenestration in the Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Yang Zhang1ABCDEF, Hengjie Zhu1ABCDEF, Zheng Zhou1BCDEF, Jixiang Wu1BCDEF, Yinming Sun1BCD, Xiang Shen1BCDE, Chengcun Li1BCDEF*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.926631

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e926631

Table 1 Patient demographics in the fenestration and PTED groups.

CharacteristicFenestration (n=94)PTED (n=94)P
Age73.02±5.2374.46±6.010.081
Sex0.770
 Female44 (46.81%)46 (48.94%)
 Male50 (53.19%)48 (51.06%)
Duration of symptoms (years)5.36±0.415.46±0.500.136
BMI23.75±3.6724.01±3.580.624
Stenosis level0.725
 L3–L413 (13.83%)17 (18.09%)
 L4–L550 (53.19%)47 (50.00%)
 L5–S131 (32.98%)30 (31.91%)
Comorbid disease (n/%)
 Hypertension54 (57.45%)58 (61.70%)
 Diabetes26 (27.66%)29 (30.85%)
 Heart disease23 (24.47%)18 (19.15%)
 Cerebrovascular infarction13 (13.83%)15 (15.96%)
 Respiratory disease9 (9.57%)11 (11.70%)
 Renal/ureteral disease4 (4.26%)4 (4.26%)
 Peripheral vascular disease5 (5.32%)6 (6.38%)
 Neoplasia4 (4.26%)1 (1.06%)
 Anxiety neurosis2 (2.13%)1 (1.06%)
PTED – percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic decompression; BMI – body mass index. Sex and stenosis level were compared using Fisher’s exact test; the rest of the data were compared using a test.

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