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Table 6 Complications

From: Efficacy of computed tomography-assisted limited decompression in the surgical management of thoracolumbar fractures with neurological deficit

Variable

Non-CT-assisted group (N=50)

CT-assisted group (N=56)

p value

Infection

2(4%)

2(3.6%)

1.000*

Implant failure

0

0

/

Adjacent segment degeneration

5(10%)

6(10.7%)

0.904*

Mal-union of fractured vertebrae 4(8%)

5(8.9%)

1.000*

Total

11(22%)

13(23.2%)

0.881*

  1. *Using chi-squared test (Fisher’s exact test)