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Table 4 Radiographic outcomes and complications between two groups

From: Comparison between repeat anterior and posterior decompression and fusion in the treatment of two-level symptomatic adjacent segment disease after anterior cervical arthrodesis

Variables

ACDF group

PDF group

p values

No. of patients

18

14

 

Pre lordosis

8.8° ± 5.5°

10.7° ± 5.0°

0.619

Final FU lordosis

15.9° ± 11.6°*

4.9° ± 6.4°*

0.002

Pre ROM

35.4° ± 9.7°

31.5° ± 8.9°

0.252

Final FU ROM

20.3° ± 8.6°*

9.1° ± 4.5°*

0.001

Complications

16.7%

21.4%

0.540

 

Dysphagia

(3, 16.7%)

C5 palsy

(2, 14.3%)

 
 

-

Hematoma

(1, 7.1%)

 

Recurrent ASD

2 (11.1%)

0

0.308

  1. Pre pre-operative, FU follow-up
  2. *p < 0.05, compared with the pre-operative data
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X