Does Duration of Preoperative Sciatica Impact Surgical Outcomes in Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation?

Table 1

Demographic data of our treated patients.

Group	Number	Sex		Mean age ± SD^†	Mean preoperative	Mean F/U^# ± SD
		Male (%)	Female (%)	(y**)	sciatica ± SD (m*)	(m)
A	113	52 (46)	61 (54)	37.4±5.7	8.3±5.7	32.1±4.8
B	127	72 (56.7)	55 (43.3)	35.6±6.5	19.2±3.8	35.3±5.4

†SD: standard deviation. **y: year. *m: month. ^#F/U: followup.