Outcomes of Discectomy by Using Full-Endoscopic Visualization Technique via the Transcorporeal and Transdiscal Approaches in the Treatment of Cervical Intervertebral Disc Herniation: A Comparative Study

Table 2

Outcomes of clinical and radiographic.

	ATd-PECD			ATc-PECD			value
	Pre	Post	value	Pre	Post	value
Clinical outcomes
Operative time	63.5 ± 10.5 mins			87.5 ± 16.8 mins
VAS score for arm pain	6.1 ± 0.5	1.1 ± 0.2		6.3 ± 0.6	1.1 ± 0.3
VAS score for neck pain	3.7 ± 0.1	2.6 ± 0.1		3.7 ± 0.1	2.6 ± 0.1
Radiographic outcomes
Height of IVS	6.0 ± 1.5 mm	5.1 ± 1.1 mm		6.8 ± 0.4 mm	6.3 ± 0.5 mm
Height of the surgical vertebral body	15.1 ± 0.4 mm	15.0 ± 0.2 mm		15.8 ± 0.5 mm	15.1 ± 0.4 mm

Pre: preoperative; post: postoperative. t-test.