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Table 5 Statistical analysis of the incidence of ASD based on MRI and clinical examination

From: Early developed ASD (adjacent segmental disease) in patients after surgical treatment of the spine due to cancer metastases

Detected ASD in clinical examination and MRI according to different types of radiological scale

Scale

Oner, Rijt, and Ramos

Pfirmann and Metzdorf

Clinical signs

ASD N (%)

22 (11)

46 (24)*

7 (4)

  1. Results are presented as a number and percent
  2. ASD adjacent segmental disease
  3. *p < 0.05 for inter-group difference χ 2
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X