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. 2008 May 28;33(3):737–743. doi: 10.1007/s00264-008-0547-6

Table 2.

Distribution, involvement of levels, and pre- and postoperative visual analogue scales with preoperative symptom duration and follow-up duration of each patient in the control group

No. Sex Age (years) Level Duration (weeks) SLR Pre-op VAS PO 2W VAS PO 1M VAS PO 3M VAS PO 6M VAS PO 1Y VAS Final VAS Follow-up (months)
1 M 23 L4-5 1 + 7.8 3.8 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.6 24
2 M 23 L5-S1 4 + 7.5 4.2 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.5 27
3 M 43 L5-S1 6 + 7.9 3.9 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.4 26
4 F 20 L4-5 7 + 8.2 4.1 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.3 48
5 M 42 L4-5 8 + 7.3 3.7 2.9 3.1 3.2 3.6 3.5 36
6 F 28 L4-5 3 + 8 4 3.2 3 3.2 3.4 3.4 37
7 F 32 L4-5 2 + 8.1 4.1 3 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.6 29
8 M 31 L5-S1 2 + 6.9 3.7 2.9 3.1 2.9 3.2 3.7 28
9 M 19 L4-5 4 + 7.4 3.6 2.8 2.9 3.4 3.3 3.7 27
10 M 38 L5-S1 5 + 7.7 3.8 3.1 2.9 3.2 3.1 3.5 31
11 M 18 L4-5 9 + 8.1 4.1 3.2 3 3.1 3.5 3.4 33
12 M 22 L4-5 6 + 7.6 3.5 2.6 2.8 3.1 3.3 3.6 34
13 M 26 L5-S1 7 + 8.5 3.6 3 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.5 32
14 F 27 L5-S1 8 + 9 3.7 2.9 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.2 35
15 F 28 L4-5 5 + 8.3 4.1 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.6 3.6 37
16 M 36 L4-5 4 + 8.5 4.2 3.3 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.4 36
17 F 26 L4-5 3 + 7.9 3.9 3.1 3.2 2.9 3.1 3.3 29
18 M 31 L4-5 6 + 8.1 3.8 3 2.9 3 3.1 3.2 27
19 M 38 L5-S1 4 + 7.8 4.3 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.6 2.9 26
20 M 33 L4-5 3 + 7.7 3.9 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.2 31
21 M 36 L5-S1 7 + 7.4 4.2 3.1 3 3.2 3.3 3.4 30
22 M 42 L4-5 5 + 7.9 4.1 3.2 3 2.9 3.1 3.3 32
23 M 20 L5-S1 3 + 8.2 3.6 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.5 34
24 F 45 L5-S1 11 + 8.6 3.5 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.3 3.4 35
25 M 42 L4-5 12 + 8.1 3.7 2.8 2.7 2.9 3.4 3.6 31
26 M 24 L4-5 8 + 8.2 4.2 3.1 3 3.2 3.3 3.7 24
27 M 24 L4-5 7 + 7.8 4.4 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.6 25
28 M 27 L5-S1 6 + 7.5 4.3 3 3 3.1 3.3 3.6 34

SLR straight leg raising test, Duration duration of symptoms in weeks before operation, Pre-op VAS preoperative visual analogue scale, PO 2W VAS postoperative visual analogue scale at 2 weeks, PO 1M VAS postoperative visual analogue scale at 1 month, PO 3M VAS postoperative visual analogue scale at 3 months, PO 6M VAS postoperative visual analogue scale at 6 months, PO 1Y VAS postoperative visual analogue scale at 1 year