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Table 2 The left and right pressures under different loading conditions in the unfixed and fixed groups (MPa)

From: Pressure distributions inside intervertebral discs under unilateral pedicle screw fixation in a porcine spine model

Segment

T3–4

T11–12

T15–L1

L3–4

L4–5

Vertical

 Unfixed (L)

1.22 ± 0.25

1.39 ± 0.23

1.44 ± 0.24

1.23 ± 0.18

1.30 ± 0.17

 Unfixed (R)

1.30 ± 0.28

1.46 ± 0.18

1.52 ± 0.25

1.32 ± 0.20

1.27 ± 0.21

 Fixed (L)

1.05 ± 0.13a

0.59 ± 0.10a,b

0.45 ± 0.08a,b

0.75 ± 0.18a,b

0.76 ± 0.13a,b

 Fixed (R)

1.46 ± 0.35

1.14 ± 0.12

0.81 ± 0.11

1.16 ± 0.16

1.53 ± 0.28

5° anterior flexion

 Unfixed (L)

1.43 ± 0.24

1.68 ± 0.23

1.48 ± 0.30

1.47 ± 0.12

1.12 ± 0.25

 Unfixed (R)

1.49 ± 0.32

1.41 ± 0.31

1.53 ± 0.22

1.56 ± 0.32

1.00 ± 0.15

 Fixed (L)

1.04 ± 0.14b

0.63 ± 0.11a,b

0.51 ± 0.07a,b

0.60 ± 0.08a,b

0.73 ± 0.06a,b

 Fixed (R)

1.22 ± 0.14

1.31 ± 0.29

0.72 ± 0.07

0.86 ± 0.07

1.36 ± 0.29

5° posterior extension

 Unfixed (L)

0.93 ± 0.03

1.70 ± 0.29

1.41 ± 0.30

0.91 ± 0.13

1.48 ± 0.28

 Unfixed (R)

1.01 ± 0.16

1.86 ± 0.22

1.65 ± 0.25

1.02 ± 0.18

1.34 ± 0.24

 Fixed (L)

1.26 ± 0.23b

0.44 ± 0.07a, b

0.65 ± 0.12b

0.67 ± 0.14a,b

0.68 ± 0.11a,b

 Fixed (R)

1.39 ± 0.27

1.35 ± 0.20

0.82 ± 0.11

1.32 ± 0.20

1.36 ± 0.23

5° left lateral bending

 Unfixed (L)

1.70 ± 0.18c,d

1.79 ± 0.14c,d

1.84 ± 0.22c,d

1.74 ± 0.28c,d

1.60 ± 0.23c,d

 Fixed (L)

0.83 ± 0.12

0.93 ± 0.12

0.50 ± 0.05

0.60 ± 0.10

0.55 ± 0.08

  1. aP < 0.05 versus the corresponding right pressures of the fixed group under different loading conditions
  2. bP < 0.05 versus the corresponding left pressures of the unfixed group under different loading conditions
  3. cP < 0.05 versus the left pressures of the unfixed group under vertical loading condition
  4. dP < 0.05 versus the corresponding left pressures of the fixed group under 5° left lateral bending loading condition