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. 2014 Sep 25;9:63. doi: 10.1186/s13018-014-0063-x

Table 3.

JOA scores of patients who underwent an anterior approach or a posterior approach

Anterior approach Posterior approach
JOA Recovery rate JOA Recovery rate
Preoperative 8.42 ± 2.30 8.62 ± 1.68b
Postoperative 11.70 ± 2.21a 33.89 ± 17.44 10.97 ± 1.81ab 27.41 ± 19.17c
Follow-up 14.60 ± 1.50a 73.57 ± 14.00 14.22 ± 1.37ab 65.79 ± 17.22c

aCompared with patients before operation in the same group, p < 0.05. bCompared with the anterior group, p > 0.05. cCompared with the anterior group, p < 0.05.