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Table 2 Types of diagnostic injections and surgery

From: Ability of diagnostic injection to predict surgical outcomes in patients with chronic low back pain and lumbar radiculopathy

Variables

Total (n = 30)

No

%

Types of diagnostic injection

Provocative discography

4

13.3

Selective nerve root block

6

20.0

SNRB and discography

20

66.7

Types of surgery

Discectomy

18

60.0

PLIF

12

40.0

  1. PLIF Posterior lumbar interbody fusion