Table 4 Factors predicting an optimal surgical outcome (final recovery rate greater than 50%16).

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Predictor

Odds ratio

95% Confidence interval

Statistical significance

Gait impairment

1.94

0.19–19.88

p = 0.58

Smoking

0.71

0.09–5.50

p = 0.74

Age

0.98

0.86–1.09

p = 0.59

Symptom duration

0.83

0.59–1.16

p = 0.27

Preoperative JOA

2.77

1.05–7.29

p = 0.04

  1. Predictors assessed according to the study by AOSpine group17.
  2. JOA Japanese Orthopaedic Association score.
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