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Table 3 Comparison of postoperative VAS, ODI, bone cement leakage, distribution types, recovery, and loss height of injured vertebra between two groups

From: Unilateral percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic lumbar compression fractures: a comparative study between transverse process root-pedicle approach and conventional transpedicular approach

  Group TPRPA Group CTPA Statistics P
VAS
 Preoperative 5.79 ± 0.70 5.82 ± 0.67 t = − 0.209 0.835
 Postoperative 2 days 2.79 ± 0.96 2.59 ± 0.99 t = 0.874 0.385
 Postoperative 12 months 0.92 ± 0.85 0.94 ± 0.85 t = − 0.100 0.920
ODI
 Preoperative 79.30 ± 10.40 78.04 ± 9.80 t = 0.527 0.600
 Postoperative 2 days 35.26 ± 3.53 35.21 ± 3.28 t = 0.064 0.949
 Postoperative 12 months 16.45 ± 5.89 16.47 ± 5.84 t = − 0.017 0.987
 Bone cement leakage 8(21.05%) 11(32.35%) χ2 = 1.180 0.277
Distribution types
 T1 26 (68.42%) 15(44.12%) χ2 = 4.323 0.038
 T2 12 19   
Recovery height of injured vertebra (mm) 3.16 ± 1.76 2.53 ± 1.74 t = 1.529 0.131
Lost height of injured vertebra (mm) 0.66 ± 0.67 1.03 ± 0.76 t = − 2.227 0.029