Clinical outcome at one year in RCT group and non-RCT group (± SD). Percentage indicates the responding patients that have passed one year
| TDR/RCT n = 80 100% answer | TDR/non-RCT n = 163 80% answer | FUSION/RCT n = 72 100% answer | FUSION/non-RCT, n = 178 83% answer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global assessment of back pain | Totally pain-free 29% | Totally pain-free 20% | Totally pain-free 10% | Totally pain-free 11% |
| Unchanged o worse 13% | Unchanged o worse 11% | Unchanged o worse 17% | Unchanged o worse 21% | |
| Totally pain-free or better | 88% | 89% | 83% | 79% |
| On full sick-leave | 32% | 24% | 40% | 37% |
| Satisfied with result | 76% | 75% | 65% | 65% |
| Reop | 1% | 8% | 7% | 10% |
| EQVAS | 69 (25) | 71 (22) | 67 (22) | 62 (26) |
| EQVAS improvement | 24 (26) | 20 (23) | 20 (26) | 16 (23) |