Fig. 9From: Incidence and clinical impact of vertebral endplate changes after limited lumbar microdiscectomy and implantation of a bone-anchored annular closure deviceAssessment of endplate changes according to Modic classification in the current study patients. The amount of patients having Modic changes and specifically Type 1 Modic changes, increased after surgery. Number of Type 2 Modic changes was stable, and no Type 3 Modic changes were seenBack to article page