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Table 1 Patients’ baseline characteristics of the four groups

From: Applications of the scoliosis width-to-length ratio for guiding selection of the surgical approaches of degenerative lumbar scoliosis

 

Group A (n = 59)

Group B (n = 28)

Group C (n = 21)

Group D (n = 34)

P values

Age, years

62.9 ± 9.99

67.3 ± 8.54

58.2 ± 6.32

64.0 ± 3.29

0.383

Blood loss, ml

448 ± 121

612 ± 85

1118 ± 300

1250 ± 258

<0.001

Operation time, min

148 ± 30

170 ± 18

230 ± 61

236 ± 44

<0.001

Segment level of fusion

2.0 ± 0.87

2.5 ± 0.57

4.5 ± 1.1

4.6 ± 0.81

<0.001

No. of co-morbidities

0.97 ± 0.51

1.25 ± 0.5

1.11 ± 0.33

1.4 ± 0.55

0.32

No. of decompression

1.68 ± 0.78

2.0 ± 1.15

2.11 ± 0.93

2.33 ± 0.51

0.36

Hospital stay, days

16.45 ± 2.14

18.65 ± 1.56

15.35 ± 2.65

17.25 ± 1.54

0.006

  1. Group A, patients whose W/L <0.36 and treated with short fusion
  2. Group B, patients whoseW/L > 0.36 and treated with short fusion
  3. Group C, patients whose W/L <0.36 and treated with long fusion
  4. Group D, patients whoseW/L > 0.36 and treated with long fusion
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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