Anatomical characteristics affecting the surgical approach of oblique lateral lumbar interbody fusion: an MR-based observational study

Table 5 Comparison of transverse diameter of upper endplate among different vertebral segmentation

Vertebra level	\(\overline{x} \pm s\) (mm)		Male versus women		Transverse diameter of upper endplate
Vertebra level	Men	Women	t	P	Transverse diameter of upper endplate
L3	51.28 ± 3.95	47.47 ± 3.40	8.128	< 0.001	49.38 ± 4.14
L4	53.81 ± 3.81	50.55 ± 3.62	6.917	< 0.001	52.18 ± 4.05
L5	55.43 ± 3.77	52.29 ± 3.66	6.660	< 0.001	53.86 ± 4.03

P value less than 0.05 was marked with bold and regarded as have statistical significant

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