Clinical Effect of Bone Filling Mesh Container Vertebroplasty in Osteoporotic Compression Fracture

Table 3

Comparison of the ODI, JOA, and VAS scores between the two groups (, points).

Time	Group	Cases	ODI	JOA	VAS
Before the operation	Study	52
	Control	52
	value		0.634	0.144	0.877
	value		0.527	0.886	0.383
Six months after the operation	Study	52	^a	^a	^a
	Control group	52	^a	^a	^a
	value		0.514	1.279	1.011
	value		0.608	0.204	0.314

Note: compared with preoperative values, ^a. ODI: Oswestry Disability Index; JOA: Japanese Orthopaedic Association; VAS: visual analog scale.