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Table 5 Comparisons of pre-and post-operative scores for the visual analogue scale (VAS), Oswestry disability index (ODI), and detailed VAS for low back pain while in motion, standing, and sitting in groups A and B

From: Influence of pelvic incidence-lumbar lordosis mismatch on surgical outcomes of short-segment transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

  

Group A

Group B

p value

Nakai score

 

2.59 ± 0.50

2.07 ± 0.78

p = 0.008

Low back pain (LBP)

Pre-op

48.9 ± 27.5

63.2 ± 22.6

p = 0.046

 

Post-op

14.1 ± 19.4

23.8 ± 20.9

NS (p = 0.096)

Lower extremity pain

Pre-op

68.2 ± 24.8

66.9 ± 25.3

NS

 

Post-op

13.7 ± 19.2

20.9 ± 23.3

NS

Lower extremity numbness

Pre-op

62.8 ± 27.4

64.3 ± 32.0

NS

 

Post-op

11.7 ± 17.3

20.2 ± 26.7

NS

ODI

Pre-op

41.3 ± 15.4

47.4 ± 18.7

NS

 

Post-op

17.1 ± 13.1

22.0 ± 15.7

NS

LBP while in motion

Pre-op

49.1 ± 35.2

55.6 ± 32.2

NS

 

Post-op

19.2 ± 26.0

22.6 ± 23.9

NS

LBP while standing

Pre-op

63.8 ± 30.9

73.0 ± 25.0

NS

 

Post-op

11.9 ± 17.6

25.8 ± 26.7

p = 0.039

LBP while sitting

Pre-op

37.0 ± 27.4

43.9 ± 27.2

NS

 

Post-op

12.3 ± 17.3

16.1 ± 19.4

NS

  1. Nakai score: 3 = excellent to 0 = poor; VAS scores: 0–100 mm
  2. Values are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation. NS is non-significant at p > 0.05