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Table 2 Intraoperative and postoperative parameters

From: The use of a new high-speed shielded curved drill is associated with improved intraoperative and clinical outcomes after cervical corpectomy and fusion procedures: a retrospective case series

 

Dreal

Control

Surgery time (skin to skin)

ACCF

71 min (sd = 12, n = 29)

 

ACCF + ACDF at an adjacent level

91 min (sd = 15.6, n = 9)

94 min (sd = 31, n = 8)

ACCF, skip level

131 min (n = 1)

 

Two-level ACCF

 

80 min (sd = 13, n = 2)

Blood loss

0-300 ml

n = 42 (98%)

n = 10 (100%)

400 ml

n = 1 (2%, the ACCF skip-level procedure)

 

Hospitalization

ACCF

3.3 days (sd = 1.1, n = 32)

 

ACCF + ACDF at an adjacent level

3.9 days (sd = 1.7, n = 10)

3.5 (sd = 0.5, n = 8)

ACCF, skip level

3 days (n = 1)

 

2ACCF

 

5.5 days (n = 2)