Table 3: Preoperative symptoms and severity for all the patients, n =197.
|
Variable |
Freq. |
% |
|
|
Neck pain |
Severe |
35 |
17.7 |
|
Moderate |
14 |
7.1 |
|
|
Mild |
1 |
0. |
|
|
Back pain |
Severe |
70 |
35.5 |
|
Moderate |
22 |
11.17 |
|
|
Mild |
2 |
1 |
|
|
Radicular pain (any) |
Severe |
110 |
55.8 |
|
Moderate |
72 |
36.5 |
|
|
Mild |
10 |
5 |
|
|
Cauda Equina syndrome |
Present |
45 |
22.8 |
|
Absent |
133 |
67.5 |
|
|
no response |
19 |
9.6 |
|