Clinical Study
A Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Surgery for Infectious Spondylodiscitis of the Thoracic and Upper Lumbar Spine in Immunocompromised Patients
Table 4
Back pain level before and after surgery.
| Patient number | Visual analog scale (0–10) | Complication | Preop | Postop 1 m | Postop 3 m |
| 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | Nil | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | Nil | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | Nil | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | Nil | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | Nil | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | Nil | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | Nil | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | Nil | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | Nil | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | Nil | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | Nil | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | Nil | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | Nil | Average | 9.23 | 4.08 | 2.31 | |
| Standard deviation | 1.01 | 1.19 | 1.11 | |
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