Evaluation of the Short- and Long-Term Effectiveness of Pulsed Radiofrequency and Conventional Radiofrequency Performed for Medial Branch Block in Patients with Lumbar Facet Joint Pain

Table 4

Results of the Tukey test from post hoc tests showing the comparison of preoperation and postoperation at 1^st, 3^rd, and 6^th month and 1^st and 2^nd year VAS values of Group 1 among themselves ( values).

	1^st month VAS values	3^rd month VAS values	6^th month VAS values	1^st year VAS values	2^nd year VAS values
Preoperation VAS values	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
1^st month VAS values		0.461	<0.001	0.994	<0.001
3^rd month VAS values			<0.001	0.173	<0.001
6^th month VAS values				<0.001	0.067
1^st year VAS values					<0.001

Statistically significant.