Table 2.

General clinical results in the fenestration and PTED groups.

Clinical	Fenestration (n=94)	PTED (n=94)	P
Incision length (cm)	3.57±0.75	0.82±0.32	<0.001
Blood loss (mL)	115.32±11.46	49.63±5.86	<0.001
Operative time (min)	66.32±15.32	68.75±11.56	0.085
Hospital stay (days)	2.55±0.71	4.62±0.83	<0.001
Complication rate	3 (3.2%)	3 (3.2%)	>1.000

PTED – percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic decompression. All data were compared using a t test.