Table 3.
Parameter | Group LP (n = 36) | Group LC (n = 30) | Group LCS (n = 32) | Statistic value | P value |
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JOA scorea | |||||
Preoperative | 8.08 ± 1.13 | 8.10 ± 1.18 | 8.16 ± 1.11 | 0.04 | 0.96 |
Final follow-up | 13.97 ± 1.28 | 13.07 ± 1.23 | 14.31 ± 1.33 | 7.81 | <0.001 |
Neurological recovery rate gradeb | |||||
Excellent (≥75 %) | 11 | 1 | 11 | 13.58 | 0.0011 |
Good (50–74 %) | 24 | 25 | 21 | ||
Fair (25–49 %) | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
Poor (<25 %) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Recovery rate (%)c | 66.90 ± 11.05 | 56.55 ± 9.39 | 70.54 ± 12.80 | 12.98 | <0.001 |
aANOVA; paired t test: statistically significant differences between preoperative and final follow-up values among the three groups
bCochran-Mantel–Haenszel statistics (based on rank scores)
cANOVA