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Table 4 The improvement of clinical outcomes at six-month follow-up

From: Comparison of clinical outcomes between sequestered cervical disk herniation and non-sequestered cervical disk herniation after anterior cervical decompression and fusion: a cohort study

 

Sequestered disk

Non-sequestered disk

P

2nd month PO

Improvement of JOA(%)

46.58 ± 39.17

33.39 ± 28.82

0.047

Improvement of NDI

7.64 ± 6.20

7.38 ± 5.18

0.812

Improvement of VAS

1.58 ± 1.58

1.71 ± 1.59

0.679

4th month PO

Improvement of JOA(%)

56.13 ± 36.59

52.80 ± 33.36

0.626

Improvement of NDI

10.52 ± 7.03

9.66 ± 5.96

0.490

Improvement of VAS

2.40 ± 1.64

2.30 ± 1.78

0.747

6th month PO

Improvement of JOA(%)

73.80 ± 27.59

75.52 ± 24.15

0.728

Improvement of NDI

13.26 ± 7.11

13.05 ± 5.37

0.863

Improvement of VAS

2.98 ± 1.58

3.05 ± 1.79

0.827

  1. Improvement of JOA (%): (Vn − V1)/(17 − V1) × 100%; Improvement of NDI: V1-Vn; Improvement of VAS: V1-Vn. JOA Japanese Orthopedics Association, NDI the Neck disability index, VAS the Visual analog scale. PO post-operation