Research Article

Numbness and Weakness Recovered at a Less Extent in Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation after Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy

Table 3

Correlations between the preoperative ODI score and the SBI total score and its subitem scores.

VariablesODI
Correlation coefficient value

SBI total0.654<0.001
SBI pain0.552<0.001
SBI numbness0.1480.173
SBI weakness0.2410.026

value less than 0.05 was considered significant.