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Table 3 Clinical complications

From: Clinical and imaging outcomes of self-locking stand-alone cages and anterior cage-with-plate in three-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a retrospective comparative study

Variable

Group cage (n = 31)

Group plate (n = 36)

P value

CSF leakage

3.2% (1/31)

5.6% (2/36)

0.566

Epidural hematoma

0

0

–

Hoarseness

0

0

–

Infection

0

0

–

Implant related complications

Implant dislodgement

0

0

–

Implant malposition

0

0

–

Hardware breakage

0

0

–