The Effect of Symptom Duration on Outcomes After Fusion for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis.

Global Spine J · 2019 · PMC6686385 · PMID 31431870

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a trend toward significanceP = .058so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

At 12-month follow-up improvement in ODI, BP, or LP was similar among the cohorts; with a trend toward significance with better improvement in LP scores in patients with a symptom duration of less than 1 year to those with symptom duration greater than 2 years ( P = .058).

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

Although there was a positive trend for improvement in leg pain for those with a shorter duration of symptoms, this did not reach statistical significance in our study.

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