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Table 3 VAS and ODI scores of OVF patients With and Without FI evaluated before and after PKP surgery

From: Thoracolumbar fascia injury in osteoporotic vertebral fracture: the important concomitant damage

 

With FI (n = 62)

Without FI (n = 161)

P value

VAS

 preoperative

7.63 ± 0.61

7.70 ± 0.63

0.48

 3 days after surgery

3.71 ± 0.76

2.97 ± 0.66

 < 0.01*

 1 month after surgery

3.48 ± 0.65

2.83 ± 0.58

 < 0.01*

 3 months after surgery

2.16 ± 0.55

2.14 ± 0.52

0.82

 last follow-up

2.11 ± 0.55

2.11 ± 0.52

0.99

ODI

 preoperative

70.94 ± 2.80

71.00 ± 3.02

0.88

 3 days after surgery

38.89 ± 7.19

28.61 ± 7.35

 < 0.001*

 1 month after surgery

36.79 ± 7.38

28.67 ± 6.95

 < 0.001*

 3 months after surgery

20.47 ± 4.34

21.24 ± 4.75

0.27

 last follow-up

20.50 ± 4.09

20.68 ± 4.47

0.78

  1. The continuous variables are expressed as mean ± standard deviation
  2. FI Fascia injury, VAS Visual analog scale, ODI Oswestry disability index
  3. *Statistical significance was defined as P < 0.05
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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