Table 3 Odom’s category in relation to offending pathology
From: Microendoscopic anterior cervical foraminotomy: a preliminary series of 76 cases
| Â | Odom category | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Excellent | Fair | Good | Poor | ||||
Cause cervical radiculopathy | Disc migration | Count | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
% | 18.6% | 0.0% | 10.0% | 0.0% | 15.8% | ||
Foraminal disc herniation | Count | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
% | 6.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.3% | ||
Osteophytes | Count | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | |
% | 8.5% | 100.0% | 60.0% | 100.0% | 23.7% | ||
Soft disc fragment herniation | Count | 39 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 42 | |
% | 66.1% | 0.0% | 30.0% | 0.0% | 55.3% | ||
Total | Count | 59 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 76 | |
% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | ||
Chi-square tests | Value | P | |||||
Pearson chi-square | 37.597 | .000 | |||||