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Table 4 Time spent in hospital in days, time taken to return to work in months, and ODI at all time scales

From: The management of thoracolumbar burst fractures: a prospective study between conservative management, traditional open spinal surgery and minimally interventional spinal surgery

 

Conservative (Range)

Open surgery (Range)

MIS (Range)

Time in hospital (days)

36 (10–104)

4 (2–7)

2 (1–4)

Time to return to work (months)

9 (3–24)

4 (0.5-9)

2 (0.1-6)

ODI prior to metalwork removal

n/a

14 (4–26)

4 (0–10)

ODI at 18 months

32 (12–46)

14 (4–26)

4 (0–10)

ODI at 30 months

32 (12–46)

14 (4–26)

4 (0–10)