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Table 2 Surgical treatment

From: Preoperative low muscle mass is a predictor of falls within 12 months of surgery in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis

 

All (n = 74)

Non-fallers(n = 50)

Fallers(n = 24)

Decompression

28

19

9

 1 level

(19)

(14)

(5)

 2 levels

(9)

(5)

(4)

Fusion

46

31

15

 1 level

(27)

(18)

(9)

 2 levels

(19)

(13)

(6)