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Table 1 Preoperative patient characteristics in the two groups

From: Five-year outcomes of posterior affected-vertebrae fixation in lumbar tuberculosis patients

Items

Affected-vertebrae fixation group

Short-segment fixation group

p values

Patients

71

64

 

Gender m/f

32/39

31/33

p = 0.695

Age (\( \overline{x}\pm s \), years)

41.7 ± 21.7

43.5 ± 19.6

p = 0.738

Disease duration (\( \overline{x}\pm s \), months)

8.3 ± 4.1

7.6 ± 4.7

p = 0.257

Clinical manifestations

 Back pain

63

58

p = 0.719

 Low-grade fever

52

46

p = 0.859

 Night sweating

61

53

p = 0.619

 Weakness

55

48

p = 0.737

 Formation of cold abscess

32

29

p = 0.977

Lesion location

 L1–2

6

8

p = 0.880

 L2–3

11

13

 L3–4

13

10

 L4–5

18

16

 L1–3

9

4

 L2–4

2

3

 L3–5

6

4

 L1–4

1

2

 L2–5

3

1

 L1–2 + L4–5

2

3

Number of the affected segments

 Single segment

54

47

p = 0.903

 Double segments

13

14

 Triple segments

4

3

Cobb’s angle (\( \overline{x}\pm s \), °)

24.8 ± 15.2

26.2 ± 14.1

p = 0.735

CRP (\( \overline{x}\pm s \), mg/l)

27.0 ± 24.9

25.8 ± 22.3

p = 0.718

ESR (\( \overline{x}\pm s \), mm/h)

36.5 ± 22.5

40.4 ± 20.1

p = 0.349