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Table 3 The processus aboralis bony fragment size and reduction

From: Relationship between fracture-relevant parameters of thoracolumbar burst fractures and the reduction of intra-canal fracture fragment

Parameters

Reduced

Unreduced

P value

n = 38

n = 24

Processus aboralis bony fragment width (mm)

13.57 ± 3.74

17.30 ± 4.27

0.0006

Processus aboralis bony fragment height (mm)

11.01 ± 3.36

13.02 ± 2.47

0.0141

Ratio of processus aboralis bony fragment width to transverse diameter of the vertebral canal (%)

54.3 ± 15.4

74.9 ± 18.9

0.000016

Ratio of the processus aboralis bony fragment height to the vertebral body height of the injured vertebrae (%)

39.1 ± 10.9

46.9 ± 8.8

0.0045