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Table 3 Average length of stay, visual analog score (VAS), ODI index (%), and MacNab

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

 

Traditional group (n = 60)

ERAS group (n = 60)

p value (t/Z)

LOS

5.65 ± 1.39

3.47 ± 1.14

P < 0.0001 (9.393)

Preoperative VAS scores

7.25 ± 0.79

7.52 ± 1.17

0.141 (1.481)

VAS scores 1 day after operation

3.33 ± 0.60

2.25 ± 0.82

P < 0.0001 (8.233)

VAS scores 2 days after operation

3.07 ± 0.66

1.87 ± 0.50

P < 0.0001 (11.226)

VAS scores 3 days after operation

2.25 ± 0.47

1.47 ± 0.54

P < 0.0001 (8.440)

1 month postoperative VAS scores

1.13 ± 0.50

1.0 ± 0.45

0.137 (1.497)

Preoperative ODI

62.65 ± 14.62

61.45 ± 12.51

0.630 (0.483)

ODI 3 days after operation

19.55 ± 7.24

16.35 ± 6.80

0.014 (2.496)

ODI 1 month after operation

6.65 ± 2.15

6.07 ± 3.16

0.242 (1.176)

Evaluation criteria of improved MacNab efficacy

Excellent

Good

Fair

Excellent

Good

Fair

0.583 (0.545)

50

5

5

52

5

3

Hospitalization expenses (Ұ)

32,193.4 ± 4883.46

31,234.45 ± 4314.52

0.257 (1.140)