Table 3 Postoperative recovery of Cobb’s angle in the affected-vertebrae fixation group and short-segment fixation group (\( \overline{x}\pm s \))
From: Five-year outcomes of posterior affected-vertebrae fixation in lumbar tuberculosis patients
Groups | No. of patients | Before operation (°) | After operation (°) | Last follow-up (°) | Correction (°) | Loss (°) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Affected-vertebrae fixation group | 71 | 24.8 ± 15.2 | 8.9 ± 3.5 | 10.8 ± 3.8 | 15.9 ± 10.2 | 1.9 ± 0.6 |
95% CI | 21.3 to 28.3 | 8.1 to 9.7 | 9.9 to 11.7 | 13.5 to 18.3 | 1.8 to 2.0 | |
Short-segment fixation group | 64 | 26.2 ± 14.1 | 9.5 ± 4.1 | 11.1 ± 4.3 | 17.7 ± 9.5 | 1.6 ± 1.7 |
95% CI | 22.7 to 29.7 | 8.5 to 10.5 | 10.0 to 12.2 | 15.4 to 20.0 | 1.2 to 2.0 | |
p value | 0.735 | 0.361 | 0.668 | 0.326 | 0.174 |