Authors: Joon Woo Lee Su Yeon Hwang Guen Young Lee Eugene Lee Heung Sik Kang
Publish Date: 2014/04/03
Volume: 43, Issue: 7, Pages: 933-938
Abstract
One hundred fortythree patients MF = 8954 mean age = 531 years old who received cervical paramidline interlaminar ESIs in 2011 were included in this study Initial improvements at 2 weeks were assessed For possible outcome predictors clinical and MR variables were statistically analyzed using the Mann–Whitney U Chisquare and Fisher’s exact testsInitial improvements after cervical paramidline interlaminar ESIs at 2 weeks were reported in 115 of 143 patients 808 Patients with paresthesia only and no pain showed significantly fewer improvements after ESIs 11/19 579 than patients with pain 104/124 839 p = 0013 Other variables were not statistically significant outcome predictors
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