Low cervical vertebral CT value increased early subsidence of titanium mesh cage after anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion

Table 1 Demographic and surgery characteristics

Variable	Both cohorts	Subsidence	Non-subsidence	p value
No. of patients	85	29	56
Age (yrs)	59.01 ± 7.97	63.09 ± 8.49	57.54 ± 9.84	0.012
Gender				0.996
male	41	14	27
female	44	15	29
BMI (kg/m²)	25.16 ± 3.22	25.35 ± 3.46	25.06 ± 3.11	0.701
Diabetes				0.240
yes	20	9	11
no	65	20	45
Hypertension				0.658
yes	21	8	13
no	64	21	43
Coronary heart disease				0.319
yes	8	4	4
no	77	25	52
Disease type				0.773
myelopathy	67	23	44
radicular	7	3	4
mixed	11	3	8
Surgical segment				0.597
C4	12	5	7
C5	43	16	27
C6	30	8	22
Merge ACDF				0.285
Yes	30	8	22
No	55	21	34
Hospital stays (Day)	11.11 ± 3.44	10.55 ± 2.31	11.39 ± 3.89	0.288
Surgery time (min)	105.45 ± 28.32	105.69 ± 33.16	105.32 ± 25.78	0.955
Blood loss (ml)	130.71 ± 134.98	124.48 ± 124.17	133.93 ± 141.24	0.762

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