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Table 3 Surgical data of patients divided by axial ossification type and sagittal ossification type

From: The influence of ossification morphology on surgery outcomes in patients with thoracic ossification of ligamentum flavum (TOLF)

 

Unilateral (n = 14)

Bilateral (n = 18)

Bridged (n = 16)

P value

Beak (n = 19)

Round (n = 29)

P value

COR, mean ± SD, %

22.68 ± 5.54

38.42 ± 9.69

41.63 ± 9.13

 < 0.001*

31.66 ± 10.06

37.02 ± 12.15

0.117

umCOR, mean ± SD, %

45.36 ± 11.09

47.41 ± 13.60

51.23 ± 14.57

0.470

47.12 ± 13.72

48.72 ± 13.06

0.685

OLF level

T1–T4, no. (%)

1 (7.1)

3 (14.7)

4 (25.0)

0.323

2 (10.5)

4 (13.8)

0.906

T5–T9, no. (%)

2 (14.3)

1 (5.56)

4 (25.0)

 

3 (15.8)

6 (20.7)

 

T10–T12, no. (%)

11 (78.6)

14 (77.8)

8 (50.0)

 

14 (73.7)

19 (65.5)

 

Intramedullary signal change on T2WI, no. (%)

7 (50.0)

12 (66.7)

11 (68.8)

0.513

13 (68.4)

17 (58.6)

0.493

DO, no. (%)

2 (14.3)

5 (27.8)

5 (31.3)

0.545

4 (21.1)

7 (24.1)

0.804

Surgical methods

       

Posterior decompression, no. (%)

8 (57.1)

6 (33.3)

3 (18.8)

0.880

8 (42.11)

9 (31.0)

0.433

Posterior decompression with fusion, no. (%)

6 (42.9)

12 (66.7)

13 (81.3)

11 (57.9)

20 (69.0)

  1. COR canal occupation rate, umCOR unilateral maximum of canal occupation, DO dural ossifification, SD standard deviation