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Table 3 JOA score and JOA recovery rate during the 1-year follow-up period

From: Factors affecting titanium mesh cage subsidence in single-level anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

 

Group S

Group N

P value

JOA score

 Preoperative

11.6 ± 1.5

12.0 ± 1.7

0.05

 1-day postoperative

13.7 ± 1.4

14.0 ± 1.5

0.07

 Final follow-up

14.2 ± 1.5

14.5 ± 1.6

0.09

JOA recovery rate (%)

 1-day postoperative

37.8 ± 21.3

35.2 ± 25.8

0.38

 Final follow-up

45.3 ± 25.3

46.8 ± 25.8

0.62

  1. Group S: TMC subsidence group
  2. Group N: TMC non-subsidence group
  3. JOA: Japanese Orthopedics Association
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X