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Table 3 Patients who were lost to follow-up or excluded from the study retrospectively. Clinical findings at 6-year follow-up

From: Long-term results after thoracoscopic anterior spondylodesis with or without posterior stabilization of unstable incomplete burst fractures of the thoracolumbar junction: a prospective cohort study

Patient

Age at index operation

Follow-up (year)

Gender

Fracture location

McCormack

AO spine classification

Surgical approach

VB replacement

 

Follow-up

 
         

ODI (%)

BiSg Cobb Angle

No follow-up

1

51

13

f

L1

7

A3

Dorso-ventral

Bone graft

14

3

 

2

37

12.3

m

L1

7

A3

Dorso-ventral

Bone graft

12

6

 

3

42

12.2

f

L1

6

A3

Dorso-ventral

Bone graft

20

5

 

4

31

13.9

m

Th12

7

A3

Dorso-ventral

Bone graft

0

~

Only written FU

5

42

15.5

m

L1

7

A3

Dorso-ventral

Cage

10

5

 

6

54

12.4

f

L1

8

A3

Dorso-ventral

Cage

0

9

 

7

47

13.4

m

L1

7

A3

Dorso-ventral

Cage

0

11

 

8

22

12.3

f

L1

7

A3

Ventral only

Bone graft

12

1

 

9

23

12.1

f

Th12

6

A3

Ventral only

Bone graft

24

15

 

10

52

12.2

m

Th12

7

A3

Ventral only

Bone graft

10

10

 

11

31

14.4

f

L1

6

A3

Ventral only

Bone graft

14

~

Refused X-ray FU

12

46

12.5

f

L2

7

A3

Ventral only

Bone graft

4

6

 

13

32

12.2

m

L1

6

A3

Ventral only

Bone graft

0

25

 

14

43

12.2

f

L1

7

A3

Ventral only

Bone graft

46

~

Only written FU

15

22

12.2

f

L1

6

A3

Ventral only

Bone graft

10

~

Only written FU

16

30

f

L1

7

A3

Dorso-ventral

Bone graft

Wrong address

17

23

f

L1

7

A3

Ventral only

Bone graft

Wrong address

18

36

m

Th12

7

A3

Dorso-ventral

Cage

Died in motor vehicle accident

  1. Patient lost to follow up