Table 5

Results.

Average Follow-up62 months (range 12 - 123)
Macnab (Excellent and Good)76%
Satisfaction78%
Surgical Intervention14%
Fusion/Stabilisation4% (24 patients)
Decompression9% (54 patients)
Chemonucleolysis1% (6 patients)
  • SF-36 scores generally correlated with age/sex of normal scores for the local population.