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Table 1 Demographic characters of the patients

From: Is removal of the internal fixation after successful intervertebral fusion necessary? A case–control study based on patient-reported quality of life

 

Instruments removed

Instruments retained

P value

Case number

51

51

 

Age (year)

40.16 ± 10.90

40.31 ± 10.93

0.7689

Gender (M:F)

35:16

35:16

 

Single segment

42

42

 

Double segments

9

9

 

Operation time (min)

174.33 ± 44.18

178.12 ± 63.29

0.7322

Bleeding (ml)

205.43 ± 87.61

201.11 ± 108.09

0.8224

Drainage (ml)

193.70 ± 138.64

231.11 ± 120.73

0.1280

Hospital stay (day)

10.67 ± 4.35

11.16 ± 3.98

0.5837