Table 6.
Patient numbers and average visual analog scale (VAS) spine score prior to the injury (preoperative) and follow-up
| Level of injury | Surgical technique | VAS spine score | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preoperative | Follow-up | Score difference | |||||
| Number (%) | Mean | Number (%) | Mean | Number (%) | Mean | ||
| n/a | 439 (78.7) | 80 | 468 (83.9) | 58.4 | 389 (69.7) | −15.76 | |
| T-spine (T1–T10) | Total | 85 (75.9) | 80.4 | 87 (77.7) | 59.1 | 72 (64.3) | −17.6 |
| POSTERIOR | 52 (74.3) | 84.9 | 57 (81.4) | 64.9 | 44 (62.9) | −15.3 | |
| ANTERIOR | 1 (33.3) | ||||||
| COMBINED | 32 (82.1) | 72.6 | 30 (76.9) | 47.8 | 28 (71.8) | −21 | |
| TL junction (T11–L2) | Total | 289 (79.0) | 81.5 | 315 (86.1) | 59.5 | 261 (71.3) | −15.2 |
| POSTERIOR | 129 (76.8) | 86.8 | 149 (88.7) | 62.9 | 117 (69.6) | −13.9 | |
| ANTERIOR | 20 (83.3) | 81.3 | 19 (79.2) | 63.9 | 16 (66.7) | −11.9 | |
| COMBINED | 140 (80.5) | 76.6 | 147 (84.5) | 55.3 | 128 (73.6) | −16.8 | |
| L-spine (L3–L5) | Total | 65 (81.3) | 73.4 | 66 (82.5) | 52.4 | 56 (70) | −16.1 |
| POSTERIOR | 32 (76.2) | 83.1 | 31 (73.8) | 65.5 | 26 (61.9) | −12.5 | |
| ANTERIOR | 2 (100) | 67.5 | 2 (100) | 41 | 2 (100) | −26.5 | |
| COMBINED | 31 (86.1) | 63.9 | 33 (91.7) | 40.7 | 28 (77.8) | −18.8 | |
An average score difference of 389 patients was calculated according to the level of injury and surgical technique