Surgical management of consecutive multisegment thoracic and lumbar tuberculosis: anterior-only approach vs. posterior-only approach

Table 1 General data

	Group A	Group B	P values
Patients (No.)	19	16
Sex (male/female)^a	8/11	8/8	P > 0.05
Age (y/o)	35.0 ± 11.8	50.2 ± 14.4	P < 0.05
Average number of segments (NO.)^a	2.7 ± 0.8	2.3 ± 0.6	P > 0.05
Cases of psoas or iliac abscess (No.)^a	5	1	P > 0.05
Cases of kyphosis (No.)^a	16	14	P > 0.05
Cases of neurological impairment (No.)^a	13	12	P > 0.05

^aThere were no significant differences in the average number of lesion-affected segments, sex distribution or number of cases with neurological impairment, kyphosis, or psoas or iliac abscess between the two groups (P > 0.05)

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