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Table 2 Comparisons of intraoperative blood loss, operative time, and days of hospitalization, and clinical parameters

From: Comparison among perfect-C®, zero-P®, and plates with a cage in single-level cervical degenerative disc disease

 

Perfect-C

(n = 41)

Zero-P

(n = 36)

Plate-Cage

(n = 71)

P-value

Intraoperative blood loss (ml)

69.51 ± 22.91

74.44 ± 17.15

93.66 ± 45.65

0.001*

Operation time (min)

107.81 ± 17.96

113.33 ± 19.12

127.96 ± 30.37

< 0.001*

Duration of hospitalization (day)

6.35 ± 1.14

6.47 ± 2.55

8.93 ± 5.17

< 0.001*

NDI scores

 Preoperation

38.19 ± 3.84

38.47 ± 1.76

38.84 ± 2.13

0.443

 last follow-up

14.34 ± 2.02#

14.45 ± 2.39#

14.86 ± 2.23#

0.381

VAS

 Preoperation

8.09 ± 0.74

8.36 ± 0.75

8.47 ± 0.7

0.078

 last follow-up

2.68 ± 0.96#

2.89 ± 0.95#

3.16 ± 0.97#

0.034*

Dysphasia

 Postoperative 1 month

1 (2%)

1 (3%)

8 (11%)

0.262

 last follow-up

0

0

1 (1%)

0.108

  1. NDI neck disability index, VAS visual analog scale
  2. *P < 0.05, comparison among the Perfect-C, Zero-P, and Plate-Cage groups
  3. #P < 0.05, comparison with the preoperative value