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The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 5 Comparison between the 2 study groups as regard preoperative and the postoperative mJOA score values

From: Minimally invasive surgical management of symptomatic lumbar disc herniation: can the endoscope replace the microscope?

 

MD

ED

p*

Mean

 ± SD

Mean

 ± SD

Pre mJOA score

8.10

2.10

13.4

1.5

0.0001

mJOA score 1 month post

20.00

2.53

22.4

2.1

0.0001

mJOA score 6 months post

25.45

2.72

22.75

1.8

0.0001

mJOA score 12 months post

27.35

1.79

23.1

1.16

0.0001

  1. MD microscopic discectomy, ED endoscopic discectomy, Pre preoperatively, mJOA modified Japanese Orthopedic Association score, Post postoperatively, SD standard deviation
  2. *Student t test
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