Research Article
Relationship between Endplate Defects, Modic Change, Disc Degeneration, and Facet Joint Degeneration in Patients with Low Back Pain
Table 4
Clinical outcomes before and after surgery at different time points.
| | | Endplate defect 0 | Endplate defect 1 | Endplate defect 2 | Endplate defect 3 |
| | VAS score | | | | |
| | Before surgery | | | | |
| | 1 week after surgery | 2.18(2.35) | 3.43(2.67) | 2.27(3.00) | 2.06(2.25) |
| | 2 weeks after surgery | 1.94(2.36) | 2.79(2.47) | 2.09(2.95) | 1.41(1.87) |
| | 4 weeks after surgery | 1.53(2.35) | 2.54(2.57) | 1.64(2.66) | 1.06(1.48) |
| | 8 weeks after surgery | 1.65(2.62) | 1.89(2.36) | 1.45(2.66) | 0.88(1.41) |
| | 12 weeks after surgery | 1.59(2.43) | 1.61(2.36) | 1.36(2.66) | 0.59(1.28) |
| | 24 weeks after surgery | 1.59(2.48) | 1.82(2.47) | 1.18(2.56) | 0.41(1.06) |
| | ODI score | | | | |
| | Before surgery | | | | |
| | 1 week after surgery | 8.15(8.73) | 12.79(12.63) | 13.65(14.16) | 7.41(8.17) |
| | 2 weeks after surgery | 6.46(8.13) | 11.36(11.71) | 13.20(14.12) | 6.46(7.82) |
| | 4 weeks after surgery | 6.99(8.68) | 10.68(11.35) | 11.85(12.83) | 5.51(7.52) |
| | 8 weeks after surgery | 5.61(8.37) | 8.32(10.78) | 9.90(11.95) | 3.92(5.10) |
| | 12 weeks after surgery | 5.72(8.82) | 9.06(12.17) | 9.00(12.09) | 2.33(4.16) |
| | 24 weeks after surgery | 5.82(9.06) | 8.94(12.48) | 8.25(11.34) | 1.27(2.45) |
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Note: P < 0.05 vs. pre-surgery Abbreviations: VAS: visual analog scale; ODI: Oswestry Disability Index. |
