Result | Criteria |
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Excellent | No pain, no restriction of mobility, able to return to normal work and activities |
Good | Occasional non-radicular pain; relief of presenting symptoms; able to return to modified work |
Fair | Some improved functional capacity; still handicapped and/or unemployed |
Poor | Continued objective symptoms of root involvement; additional operative intervention needed at the index level, irrespective of length of postoperative follow-up. |