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Table 3 Clinical outcomes (ODI and VAS) (PLF vs. IBF)

From: Instrumented Posterolateral fusion versus instrumented Interbody fusion for degenerative lumbar diseases in uremic patients under hemodialysis

Characteristic

PLF

(N = 34)

IBF

(N = 45)

p values

VAS (back pain)

 preoperative

4.9 ± 1.4

5.0 ± 1.5

0.320

 final

2.3 ± 2.3

2.1 ± 2.1

0.316

 preoperative vs final

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

 

VAS (leg pain)

 preoperative

6.3 ± 1.9

6.5 ± 2.1

0.452

 final

3.3 ± 2.3

3.5 ± 2.1

0.561

 preoperative vs final

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

 

ODI

 preoperative

38.5 ± 14.2

39.3 ± 18.0

0.216

 final

22.0 ± 12.1

23.9 ± 13.2

0.225

 Preoperative vs final

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

 
  1. VAS visual analog scale, ODI Oswestry Disability Index, PLF posterolateral fusion, IBF interbody fusion