A comparative study to evaluate the feasibility of preoperative percutaneous catheter drainage for the treatment of lumbar spinal tuberculosis with psoas abscess

Table 1 Comparison of baseline data in the two groups

Groups	Cases (n)	Sex		Age (years)	ESR (mm/h)	CRP (mg/L)	The involved segments single biarticulate triarticular
Groups	Cases (n)	Male	Female	Age (years)	ESR (mm/h)	CRP (mg/L)	The involved segments single biarticulate triarticular
A	36	20	16	42.5 ± 10.2	74.5 ± 8.2	83.4 ± 7.0	23	10	3
B	32	18	14	42.3 ± 9.8	73.3 ± 9.8	82.8 ± 6.1	21	9	2
Statistic		χ² = 0.002		t = 0.928	t = 0.126	t = 0.268	χ² = 0.328
P value		0.964		0.360	0.901	0.790	0.848

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