Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

Table 2 The JOA scores and VAS score at 2 years postoperatively

From: Comparison of outcomes between conventional lumbar fenestration discectomy and minimally invasive lumbar discectomy: an observational study with a minimum 2-year follow-up

	MLD group	Conventional group	P value ( t test)
JOA	24.92 (2.61)	22.30 (2.40)	0.046^a
VAS for LBA	0.90 (0.94)	2.89 (1.48)	<0.002^a
VAS for leg pain	0.77 (1.00)	2.44 (1.63)	<0.133
NASS score	2.74 (1.16)	2.96 (0.85)	0.407
RM % improvement	79.24 (8.96)	71.72 (16.53)	0.020^a

^aDifference found is significant.

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