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Table 2 The surgery-related variables of patients

From: Prevalence and risk factors of axial neck pain in patients undergoing multilevel anterior cervical decompression with fusion surgery

 

Axial pain (n = 24)

No axial pain (n = 64)

P value

Course of disease (months)

11.03 ± 2.45

11.98 ± 4.13

0.294

Operation time (min)

96.9 ± 16.5

103.1 ± 30.6

0.348

Surgical option

  

0.187

 ACDF

9

38

 

 ACCF

1

2

 

 ACCDF

14

24

 

Superior fusion segment

  

0.499

 C3–6

15

34

 

 C4–7

8

29

 

 C3–7

1

1

 

Incision length (cm)

8.87 ± 0.87

9.25 ± 1.19

0.156

Blood loss (ml)

253.5 ± 19.2

266.3 ± 30.0

0.055

Presence of IHSI on MRI (yes/no)

5/19

10/54

0.563

  1. There were no statistically significant differences between the surgery-related variables in the two groups (P > 0.05)
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

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