From: "Quality of life of patients after surgical treatment of cervical spine metastases"
Approach | VAS before the surgery | VAS after the surgery | P value | Karnof’sky before the surgery | Karnof’sky after the surgery | P value |
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(A) Anterior N = 16 | 5.2 ± 1.7 | 2.1 ± 1.1 | <0.05 | 70 ± 14 | 80 ± 12 | <0.05 |
(P) Posterior N = 30 | 7.9 ± 1.4* | 4.6 ± 1.2* | <0.05 | 48 ± 11* | 58 ± 10* | <0.05 |
(H) Hybrid N = 11 | 8.5 ± 1.8 | 6.1 ± 1.5 | <0.05 | 46 ± 18 | 56 ± 17 | NS |