“…Several studies included patients with prior surgery, such as microdiscectomy or percutaneous nucleotomy. 12 , 16 , 17 , 24 , 26 , 40 , 42 , 43 Others allowed patients with failed disc excision, 11 failed spine surgery, 26 prior fusion with adjacent segment disease (ASD), 12 , 41 , 44 , 45 and below a previous long fusion for scoliosis. 46 Bertagnoli et al 30 , 44 found no differences in outcomes for patients with prior posterior discectomy or laminectomy vs. those with no previous surgery for both single- and multi-level TDR.…”