Table 3 The VAS,ODI and JOA scores of patients at different time points

VAS scores

post-surgery

3.45 ± 0.89

3.07 ± 1.15

0.1464

ns

3 months

1.33 ± 0.48

3.45 ± 0.43

< 0.0001

****

Last time

1.25 ± 0.51

1.40 ± 0.62

0.3345

ns

ODI scores

post-surgery

43.48 ± 19.30

40.52 ± 15.53

0.4158

ns

3 months

9.74 ± 6.71

10.33 ± 6.54

0.7287

ns

Last time

JOA scores

post-surgery

15.97 ± 5.12

17.13 ± 4.12

0.3507

ns

3 months

24.90 ± 2.33

25.17 ± 1.82

0.6252

ns

Last time

27.87 ± 2.40

28.27 ± 1.82

0.2777

ns

3 months

JOA improvement ≥75%

13

11

JOA improvement =50–74%

12

12

JOA improvement =25–49%

5

5

JOA improvement ≤24%

1

2

Last time

JOA improvement ≥75%

26

28

JOA improvement =50–74%

4

1

JOA improvement =25–49%

1

1

JOA improvement ≤24%

0

0