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Table 2 Adjacent Segment Degeneration

From: Polymethylmethacrylate-assisted ventral discectomy: Rate of pseudarthrosis and clinical outcome with a minimum follow-up of 5 years

 

ASD

no ASD

Age (years)

Time interval (months)

Group A (n = 17)

9 (52.9%)

8 (47.1%)

54.4 ± 8.2

80.8 ± 34.9

Group B (n = 33)

26 (78.8%)

7 (21.2%)

59.8 ± 9.5

109.6 ± 43.5

p-value

0.06

0.06

0.027

0.034

  1. Patients with and without adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) dichotomized in patients with pseudarthrosis (group A) and solid arthrodesis (group B) of the operated segment.