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Table 5 Comparison of the clinical outcome between open and percutaneously treated patients

From: Limitations in clinical outcome after posterior stabilization of thoracolumbar fractures do not correlate with dynamic trunk muscle dysfunction: an ultrasound controlled prospective cohort study

Questionnaire

OS (n = 15)

MIS (n = 10)

t test: p

VAS WS

46.0

47.4

NS

ODI

43.5

34.4

NS

SF-36

 Physical component summary scale

32.16

30.89

NS

 Mental component summary scale

44.57

51.15

NS

  1. OS open surgery; MIS minimally invasive surgery; CG control group; NS not significant