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Table 6 Postoperative data of studied patients

From: Evaluating the outcome of classic laminectomy surgery alone versus laminectomy with fixation surgery in patients with lumbar canal stenosis regarding improvement of pain and function

Parameter scores

Group A

Group B

P value

(n = 92)

(n = 92)

PO analgesic medications

0

23 (25%)

39 (42.4%)

0.095

1

47 (51.1%)

36 (39.1%)

2

20 (21.7%)

16 (17.4%)

3

2 (2.2%)

1 (1.1%)

Total

1 ± 0.7

0.8 ± 0.7

0.034

EHL muscle strength testing

Preoperative

2 ± 0.7

2 ± 0.8

0.897

At 6-month follow-up

2.9 ± 0.6

3.3 ± 1

0.001

Percentage of change

65.2 ± 51.7

77 ± 49.6

0.116

Odom’s criteria

Excellent

21 (22.8%)

29 (31.5%)

0.046

Good

46 (54%)

52 (56.6%)

Fair

18 (15.6%)

6 (6.5%)

Poor

7 (7.6%)

5 (5.4%)

Satisfaction scoring

Very satisfied

46 (49.9%)

62 (67.4%)

0.031

Satisfied

37 (40.2%)

27 (29.3%)

Dissatisfied

9 (9.9%)

3 (3.3%)

  1. This table shows a significant improvement of patients regarding EHL muscle strength testing in comparison to their preoperative data with significantly superior outcome among patients of group B compared to group A. there was a significantly higher frequency of patients who found improvement was good-to-excellent in group B versus group A regarding patients’ evaluation of improvement according to Odom’s criteria. Concerning patients’ satisfaction, there was a significant difference between patients of both groups in favor of group B