Predictors associated with neurological recovery after anterior decompression with fusion for degenerative cervical myelopathy

Table 2 Surgical outcomes

Characteristic	pre	1 year after surgery	p
C-JOA	11.0 ± 2.3	13.6 ± 2.5	< 0.001*^a
Recovery rate	45.7 ± 31.7
EQ-5D	0.55 ± 0.17 (n = 33)	0.68 ± 0.18 (n = 34)	< 0.001*^a
NDI	42.8 ± 19.5 (n = 32)	28.5 ± 19.3 (n = 34)	< 0.001*^b
PCS	26.0 ± 15.9 (n = 32)	35.8 ± 16.4 (n = 34)	< 0.001*^b
MCS	47.8 ± 9.2 (n = 32)	50.9 ± 9.1 (n = 34)	0.08^b

A Wilcoxon signed-rank test^a or a paired t-test^b was used to compare the preoperative and postoperative values
C-JOA Japanese Orthopedic Association score for the assessment of cervical myelopathy, EQ-5D European Quality of Life-5 Dimensions, NDI neck disability index, PCS Physical component summary of SF36, MCS Mental component summary of SF36
*p < 0.05
Data are given as mean ± SD

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