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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics and surgical procedures

From: Acupuncture for pain control after degenerative lumbar spine surgery

 

Total (N = 96)

AC (n = 37)

PCA (n = 27)

NA (n = 32)

p

Sex ratio

    

0.724

 M/F

60

68

59

45

 

 Age

62 (17)

62 (14)

61 (15)

61.5 (20.75)

0.782

 Blood loss (mL)

400 (450)

450 (512.5)

250 (500)

350 (400)

0.446

 Operation time (min)

160 (70)

155 (65)

160 (70)

160 (82.5)

0.393

 Preoperative VAS pain score

6 (1)

6.5 (2.25)

6 (1)

6 (2)

0.481

 Segments operated

4 (1)

4 (1)

3 (1)

4 (1)

0.638

Surgical method (%)

 Laminectomy

17.6

21.2

7.4

21.9

 

 Laminectomy + TPS

55.1

60.2

55.6

50

 

 Laminectomy +  + Discectomy

20.7

13.3

25.9

25

 

 Laminectomy +  + TPS and discectomy

6.3

5.3

11.1

3.1

 
  1. Data are reported as numbers (percentage) or medians (IQR)
  2. AC acupuncture, PCA patient-controlled analgesia, NA routine NSAIDs analgesics, TPS trans-pedicle screw, VAS visual analog scale
  3. *p < 0.05