Table 6 Correlation between duration of pain and amount of pain relief post procedure
From: Analysis of percutaneous vertebroplasty—a prospective study
Pre-vertebroplasty | Post vertebroplasty 7th day | Post-vertebroplasty follow up after 3 month | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Duration of pain (in months) | Mean Pain score | Mean activity score | SD | Mean pain score | Mean activity score | P value | Mean Pain score | Mean activity score | SD | P value |
1-6 ( 20 patients) | 8.1 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 4.82 | 1.1 | 0.041 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.002 |
6-12 (10 patients) | 7.2 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 0.09 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.004 |
12-24 ( 12 patients) | 7.7 | 1.02 | 1.3 | 5.65 | 1.04 | 0.14 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 1..1 | 0.43 |
>24 ( 8 patients) | 8 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 6.2 | 1.05 | 0.18 | 6.6 | 1.8 | 1 | 0.64 |