Table 5.

Proportions of patients with presence of pain in areas of the back

	Preoperative	6 weeks	6 months	P
Neck Pain	0.15	0.40	0.40	0.146
Thoracic Pain	0.80	0.65	0.45	0.070
Lumbar Pain	0.75	0.45	0.20	0.002*
Pelvic Pain	0.40	0.40	0.05	0.041*

All results are shown as proportions, n = 20. Pearson Chi-Square, p < 0.05, Paired Student’s t-test, * = significance was reached when p < 0.05