The role of iatrogenic foraminal stenosis from lordotic correction in the development of C5 palsy after posterior laminectomy and fusion

Table 5 Pre- to post-operative change in measures and scores

Variable	No palsy	C5 Palsy	p value
Neck Disability Index	4.05 ± 10.03	−2.45 ± 8.8	0.07
Maximum VAS arm	1 ± 2.75	−1.71 ± 2.93	0.06
Ishihara Index	−8.74 ± 25.2	1.09 ± 13.4	0.17
Cervical Spine Angle	0.24 ± 10.11	0.02 ± 13.93	0.96
Segmental lordosis	−1.73 ± 4.13	0.44 ± 5.74	0.30
JOA	−2.38 ± 1.41	−2.33 ± 0.5	0.92
SF-12 M	−4.24 ± 12.82	−2.16 ± 4.03	0.50
SF-12P	−5.8 ± 8.92	−3.31 ± 11.05	0.53
VAS neck	0.75 ± 3.89	0.88 ± 2.23	0.92

JOA Japanese Orthopaedic Association score, SF-12 M short form-12 Mental score, SF-12P short form-12 Physical score, VAS neck visual analog pain score for neck

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