Surgical management of lower limb radiculopathy following acute singe-level osteoporotic vertebral fracture of lower lumbar spine in geriatric patient: a retrospective study

Table 4 Comparison of clinical results between preoperative evaluation and each postoperative follow-up

	Pre-op	1-week	3-month	1-year	Final	P¹	P²	P³	P⁴
VAS
Back	7.33 ± 1.66	5.67 ± 2.13	4.78 ± 2.11	3.52 ± 1.34	2.61 ± 1.33	0.0062	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
Leg	6.89 ± 0.76	4.01 ± 1.98	3.82 ± 1.33	3.02 ± 1.51	2.31 ± 0.92	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
ODI	58.21 ± 10.38	48.66 ± 12.69	35.62 ± 10.02	29.95 ± 5.46	19.32 ± 4.69	0.0092	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001

Pre-op: the preoperative follow-up; P¹: comparison between the postoperative 1-week follow-up and the preoperative evaluations; P²: comparison between the postoperative 3-month follow-up and the preoperative evaluations; P³: comparison between the postoperative 1-year follow-up and the preoperative evaluations; P⁴: comparison between the last follow-up and the preoperative evaluations; the bold indicates significant difference

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