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Table 4 Clinical findings of the patients who were lost to follow up or excluded retrospectively 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

Treatment strategy

Gender

VAS spine

Reintegration to work

SF36-PCS

SF36-MCS

Donor site morbidity

Anterior-posterior

Female

86

Same job, same intensity

53.09

45.57

Moderate, often

Anterior-posterior

Male

87

Same job, same intensity

24.91

49.38

None

Anterior only

Female

56

Same job, same intensity

35.15

53.57

Slight, infrequent

Anterior-posteriora

Female

46

Same job, lower intensity

19.14

62.08

None

  1. aRetrospectively excluded patient