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Table 1 Patient demographics and clinical data

From: Risk factors of neurological deficit and pulmonary cement embolism after percutaneous vertebroplasty

Characteristic

Number (%)

Cement B type (n = 380)

leakage S type (n = 160)

C type-paraspinal (n = 790)

C type-intradiscal (n = 835)

C type-posterior (n = 26)

p value

Age (year) (n = 3175)

 60–69

594 (18.7%)

69

33

148

156

5

p > 0.05

 70–79

1254 (39.5%)

148

60

312

330

10

 80–89

1118 (35.2%)

138

56

278

293

9

 90–99

209 (6.4%)

25

11

51

56

2

Gender (n = 3175)

 Female

2127 (67%)

254

106

529

557

17

p > 0.1

 Male

1048 (33%)

126

54

261

278

9

No. of fractures treated (n = 3175 patients)

 1

2644 (83.2%)

133

133

658

693

19

p > 0.05

 2

436 (13.7%)

55

22

109

117

4

 3

84 (2.6%)

11

4

21

22

2

 4

11 (0.5%)

1

0

3

3

1

Time from fracture to vertebroplasty (n = 3175 patients)

 Acute (0–2 weeks)

82 (2.6%)

9

3

20

21

1

p > 0.05

 Subacute (2 weeks–3 months)

1801 (56.7%)

215

88

448

472

15

 Chronic (> 3 months)

1292 (40.7%)

156

69

321

342

10