Table 1.
Patient demographics and results
| Patient | Gender | Age (years) | Treated levels | Approach | Visual analog scale pain score (0–10) | Analgesics (pills per day) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preoperative | Postoperative | 3 months | Preoperative | Postoperative | |||||
| 1 | Female | 62 | 1 | Transoral | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Female | 54 | 2 | Transoral | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Female | 68 | 2 | Transoral | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Female | 70 | 2 | Monolateral | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Female | 72 | 1 | Transoral | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | Male | 64 | 1 | Transoral | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | Female | 41 | 1 | Transoral | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Male | 31 | 1 | Transoral | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | Male | 79 | 1 | Transoral | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | Male | 63 | 1 | Transoral | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | Female | 54 | 1 | Transoral | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Male | 46 | 1 | Transoral | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Female | 64 | 1 | Transoral | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Female | 58 | 1 | Transoral | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Female | 80 | 1 | Transoral | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | Male | 47 | 1 | Transoral | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Male | 51 | 1 | Transoral | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Female | 75 | 2 | Transoral | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Female | 51 | 1 | Transoral | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | Female | 61 | 1 | Monolateral | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | Female | 49 | 1 | Monolateral | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Female | 71 | 1 | Monolateral | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Female | 55 | 1 | Monolateral | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Female | 53 | 1 | Monolateral | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | Female | 80 | 1 | Monolateral | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Female | 67 | 1 | Monolateral | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | Male | 72 | 2 | Monolateral | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | Female | 50 | 2 | Monolateral | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 29 | Female | 85 | 2 | Monolateral | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | Male | 50 | 2 | Monolateral | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 31 | Male | 54 | 1 | Monolateral | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | Male | 65 | 1 | Monolateral | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 33 | Male | 51 | 1 | Monolateral | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | Male | 38 | 1 | Monolateral | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | Male | 53 | 1 | Monolateral | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 36 | Male | 64 | 1 | Transoral | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Female | 72 | 1 | Monolateral | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Female | 63 | 1 | Monolateral | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | Female | 59 | 1 | Transoral | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 40 | Male | 47 | 1 | Monolateral | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 41 | Male | 65 | 1 | Transoral | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Female | 82 | 1 | Monolateral | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | Female | 54 | 1 | Transoral | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 44 | Male | 76 | 1 | Monolateral | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Male | 64 | 1 | Transoral | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 46 | Male | 57 | 1 | Transoral | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Female | 62 | 1 | Monolateral | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 48 | Female | 49 | 1 | Transoral | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 49 | Male | 53 | 1 | Monolateral | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | Female | 55 | 1 | Transoral | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 51 | Male | 68 | 1 | Transoral | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Female | 63 | 1 | Transoral | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 53 | Female | 65 | 1 | Monolateral | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 54 | Male | 59 | 1 | Transoral | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Female | 64 | 1 | Monolateral | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Female | 57 | 1 | Transoral | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | Female | 78 | 1 | Transoral | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 58 | Female | 81 | 1 | Monolateral | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 59 | Female | 59 | 1 | Transoral | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Female | 61 | 1 | Monolateral | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | Female | 64 | 1 | Transoral | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 62 | Male | 52 | 1 | Monolateral | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |