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Table 4 VAS and ODI scores of OVF patients with Severe and Non-severe FI evaluated before and after PKP surgery

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

 

Non-severe FI

(≤ 3 levels, n = 39)

Severe FI

(> 3 levels, n = 23)

P value

VAS

 preoperative

7.62 ± 0.59

7.65 ± 0.65

0.82

 3 days after surgery

3.49 ± 0.60

4.09 ± 0.85

0.002*

 1 month after surgery

3.28 ± 0.51

3.83 ± 0.72

0.001*

 3 months after surgery

2.15 ± 0.54

2.17 ± 0.58

0.89

 last follow-up

2.13 ± 0.47

2.09 ± 0.67

0.78

ODI

 preoperative

70.46 ± 2.65

71.74 ± 2.91

0.08

 3 days after surgery

36.87 ± 4.51

42.30 ± 9.41

0.015*

 1 month after surgery

34.51 ± 5.82

40.65 ± 8.24

0.001*

 3 months after surgery

20.00 ± 4.29

21.26 ± 4.39

0.27

 last follow-up

20.08 ± 4.31

21.22 ± 3.68

0.29

  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