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Table 3 Clinical outcomes between two groups

From: Comparison between repeat anterior and posterior decompression and fusion in the treatment of two-level symptomatic adjacent segment disease after anterior cervical arthrodesis

Variables

ACDF group

PDF group

p values

No. of patients

18

14

 

Pre JOA

11.1 ± 1.6

9.6 ± 1.8

0.030

Final FU JOA

14.3 ± 1.4*

13.6 ± 1.5*

0.192

RR (%)

57.7 ± 12.6

56.5 ± 12.1

0.787

Pre NDI

32.89 ± 8.07

34.07 ± 7.98

0.682

Final FU NDI

16.67 ± 5.09*

22.21 ± 6.61*

0.012

Pre arm VAS

6.3 ± 1.7

4.9 ± 1.6

0.024

Final FU arm VAS

2.4 ± 1.5*

2.6 ± 1.5*

0.732

Pre neck VAS

5.3 ± 1.7

5.7 ± 2.2

0.535

Final FU neck VAS

2.4 ± 1.5*

3.9 ± 2.0*

0.019

  1. Pre pre-operative, FU follow-up
  2. *p < 0.05, compared with the pre-operative data