Table 2.

Visual analogue scale and Oswestry scale data (mean±standard deviation) during follow-up.

Outcomes	Discectomy (n=20)	Hydrodiscectomy (n=20)	p-value
VAS score for lumbar pain 1 week after the operation	3.71±2.76	4.1±2.93	> 0.05
VAS score for leg pain at 1 week	4.3±2.92	2.61±2.67
Oswestry index at 1 week	23.25±9.37	20±8.13
VAS score for lumbar pain 1 month after the operation	3.34±2.92	4.06±3.31
VAS score for leg pain at 1 month	2.96±3.4	2.76±3.41
Oswestry index at 1 month	19.25±10.23	10.78±2.41
VAS score for lumbar pain 3 months after the operation	2.63±2.9	4.53±3.47
VAS score for leg pain at 3 months	2.58±3.4	2.92±3.4
Oswestry index at 3 months	17.05±10.9	16.85±12
VAS score for lumbar pain 6 months after the operation	3.5±3.54	3.79±3.34
VAS score for leg pain at 6 months	2.84±3.82	2.88±3.14
Oswestry index at 6 months	15.37±11.45	15.1±11.37
VAS score for lumbar pain 12 months after the operation	4.06±3.54	3.03±3.32
VAS score for leg pain at 12 months	3.37±3.8	2.67±3.3
Oswestry index at 12 months	11±6.82	12.7±12.2