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Table 2 Clinical parameters

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

Variable

Total

Subsidence

Non-subsidence

p value

Preoperative

VAS

5.02 ± 1.20

5.07 ± 1.19

5.00 ± 1.22

0.804

JOA

7.48 ± 1.05

7.38 ± 1.05

7.54 ± 1.06

0.520

NDI

28.93 ± 5.54

28.48 ± 6.09

29.16 ± 5.28

0.596

Postoperative

VAS

2.22 ± 0.88*

2.17 ± 0.66

2.25 ± 0.98

0.666

JOA

13.33 ± 1.37*

13.14 ± 1.16

13.43 ± 1.48

0.359

NDI

15.96 ± 3.03*

15.93 ± 3.27

15.98 ± 2.92

0.942

3 months after the operation

VAS

2.19 ± 0.63*

2.27 ± 0.65

2.14 ± 0.62

0.357

JOA

13.20 ± 1.02*

12.97 ± 0.94

13.32 ± 1.05

0.128

NDI

15.26 ± 2.22*

15.48 ± 2.40

15.14 ± 2.13

0.506

The final follow-up

VAS

2.08 ± 0.64*

2.14 ± 0.58

2.05 ± 0.67

0.568

JOA

13.16 ± 0.97*

12.90 ± 0.98

13.30 ± 0.95

0.067

NDI

15.06 ± 1.84*

15.31 ± 1.87

14.93 ± 1.82

0.368

  1. *P < 0.05 compared with preoperative