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. 2019 May 2;2019:7904740. doi: 10.1155/2019/7904740

Table 3.

Symptoms relief and functional outcomes.

Scores Preoperation Postoperation p Value
Open Group Mini-open Group Open Group Mini-open Group
VAS 6.0 6.2 2.3 1.7 <0.001
Frankel Grade
E 59 (52.2%) 47 (49.0%) 75 (66.4%) 51 (53.1%) <0.001
D 21 (18.6%) 33 (34.4%) 24 (21.2%) 36 (37.5%)
C 26 (23.0%) 13 (13.5%) 8 (7.1%) 7 (7.3%)
B 5 (4.4%) 3 (3.1%) 3 (2.7%) 2 (2.1%)
A 2 (1.8%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (2.7%) 0 (0.0%)
Karnofsky Score 54.6 54 65.5 63.8 <0.001

VAS, visual analogue score.