Evaluation of clinical outcomes of one-stage anterior and posterior surgical treatment for atlantoaxial tuberculosis complicated with neurological damage

Table 3 Statistical results in the VAS score, NDI score and JOA score

	Preoperative	Postoperative	95% Confidence interval		P-value
	Preoperative	Postoperative	Lower	upper	P-value
VAS score	7.08 ± 1.16	1.00 ± 0.95	5.02	7.15	< 0.001
NDI score	37.08 ± 2.64	9.50 ± 3.34	25.09	30.07	< 0.001
JOA score	8.08 ± 2.11	15.42 ± 1.44	−8.43	−6.24	< 0.001

VAS score Visual Analogue Scale score, NDI score Neck Disability Index score
JOA score Japanese Orthopaedic Association score
Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation

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