Enhanced recovery after surgery pathway reduces the length of hospital stay without additional complications in lumbar disc herniation treated by percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal discectomy

Table 2 Basic characteristics of patients in two groups

	Traditional group (n = 60)	ERAS group (n = 60)	p value (t/χ²)
Age	48.60 ± 5.80	47.92 ± 5.89	0.525 (0.637)
Gender (female/male)	31/29	28/32	0.584 (0.300)
Course/month	13.82 ± 5.64	13.73 + 6.01	0.933 (0.085)
BMI	24.5 ± 4.35	25.2 ± 3.83	0.351 (0.936)
Average operating time (minutes)	70.75 ± 9.63	67.55 ± 10.84	0.090 (1.710)

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