Clinical application of large channel endoscopic decompression in posterior cervical spine disorders

Table 1 Japan Orthopedic Association (JOA) score results

Time	1 day pre-op	3 days post-op^a	3 months post-op^b	12 months post-op^c
JOA score	9.25 ± 1.31	13.42 ± 0.97	14.0 ± 0.88	14.67 ± 0.78

JOA scores are presented as mean number ± standard deviation (\( \overline{x} \) ±s, n = 32). “^{a b c}” respectively represents the comparison between 3 days, 3 months and 12 months post-op and pre-op. Analysis using paired t-tests showed that P_a、P_b、P_c<0.001, indicating significant differences were observed

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