Table 1.

Pre- and postoperative characteristics of our treated patients.

Indexes	Preoperative	Last followup	P value
NDI†	22.2 ± 6.2 (11–35)	8.7 ± 5.2 (1–21)	<0.001
VAS‡	6.2 ± 1.4 (4–10)	3.5 ± 2.0 (0–7)	<0.001

^†NDI: Neck Disability Index.

^‡VAS: Visual Analogue Scale.