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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Effect of manual reduction and indirect decompression on thoracolumbar burst fracture: a comparison study

 

Experimental group

Control group

P

Number

33

27

 

Injury time (hr ± SD)

4.42 ± 1.26

4.29 ± 1.83

0.429

Gender (male to female)

28:5

25:2

0.759

Clinical manifestations

 Pain

33

27

0.282

 Transient dysuria

22

19

0.296

 Indwelling catheter for dysuria

12

11

0.973

 Constipation

5

3

0.853

 Bulbocavernous reflex was positive

33

27

0.282

 Anal reflex was positive

33

27

0.282

  1. P value of the injury time is calculated by independent sample t test (F = 0.721, P = 0.193 > 0.05); others are calculated by chi-squared test
  2. hr hour, SD standard deviation