Spinal nerve roots in the DFO group

F

P-value

US-Guided LESI

(n = 10)

FL-Guided LESI

(n = 10)

US-Guided CESI

(n = 10)

FL-Guided CESI

(n = 10)

Blinding LSPSI

(n = 10)

Baseline ODI

Mean

63.8

54.2

54.6

55.4

58.4

0.6

0.661 NS

±SD

16.9

11.4

20.4

18.4

12.0

ODI at

1 week

Mean

27.5

25.7

23.3

25.7

32.8

0.82

0.519 NS

±SD

13.2

10.6

15.6

10.9

11.3

ODI at

1 month

Mean

22.7

21.2

19.7

20.3

31.3

1.72

0.161 NS

±SD

13.4

9.2

10.2

10.7

13.0

ODI at

2 months

Mean

31.2

17.9

23.4

22.5

39.0

2.7

0.04 S

±SD

18.3

17.0

10.6

14.1

18.2

Para-Spinal root comparisons

P1

P2

P3

P4

Baseline ODI

0.461 NS

0.566 NS

0.604 NS

0.682 NS

ODI at 1 week

0.347 NS

0.209 NS

0.095 NS

0.209 NS

ODI at 1 month

0.1 NS

0.055 NS

0.028 S

0.037 S

ODI at 2 months

0.279 NS

0.005 S

0.033 S

0.025 S