Table 2.
Results of surgical treatment effect
| Outcome | LC1 | LC2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surgical treatment effect | Surgical treatment effect | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 95% CI | p value | Mean (SD) | 95% CI | p value | |
| Days to mobilization (days) | −1.7 (0.08) | −3.3 to −0.01 | 0.034 | +1.9 (−1.4) | −0.9 to +4.8 | 0.181 |
| Narcotic at 48 hours (mg) | +3.9 (16.1) | −28.1 to +35.9 | 0.811 | −40.2 (16.4) | −72.9 to −7.6 | 0.016 |
| Narcotic in last 24 hours (mg) | −0.49 (8.7) | −17.7 to +16.7 | 0.955 | +3.8 (9.4) | −15.0 to +22.6 | 0.689 |
| Pain at 48 hours | −.15 (0.5) | −1.1 to +0.8 | 0.764 | +0.35 (0.6) | −0.8 to +1.5 | 0.526 |
| Pain in last 24 hours | +1.2 (0.5) | +0.2 to +2.2 | 0.021 | +0.13 (0.6) | −1.1 to +1.3 | 0.837 |
| Change in morphine use from pretreatment to posttreatment | +3.2 (16.2) | −28.9 to +35.3 | 0.843 | −31.9 (16.8) | −65.2 to +1.4 | 0.06 |
| Change in morphine use from posttreatment to discharge | +0.2 (17.8) | −35.1 to +35.5 | 0.99 | +45.7 (22.4) | +1.1 to 90.3 | 0.045 |
| Change in pain from pretreatment to posttreatment | +0.02 (0.4) | −0.8 to +0.8 | 0.96 | +0.32 (0.4) | −0.6 to +1.2 | 0.47 |
| Change in pain from posttreatment to discharge | +1.85 (0.6) | +0.7 to +3.0 | 0.002 | −0.41 (0.7) | −1.8 to +1.0 | 0.56 |
LC = lateral compression; CI = confidence interval.