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Table 3 Complication profile

From: Radiological and clinical outcomes of cervical disc arthroplasty for the elderly: a comparison with young patients

 

Elderly group (n = 24)

Young group (n = 47)

P value

Dysphagia

3 (12.5%)

1 (2.1%)

0.073

Dysphonia

1 (4.2%)

1 (2.1%)

0.623

C5 palsy

1 (4.2%)

0 (0%)

0.159

ASD

 Radiographic

2 (8.3%)

3 (6.5%)

0.780

 Symptomatic

1 (4.2%)

2 (4.2%)

0.972

HO

  

0.710

 Grade 0

21 (58.3%)

25 (54.3%)

 

 Grade 1

6 (16.6%)

12 (26.0%)

 

 Grade 2

5 (13.8%)

6 (13.0%)

 

 Grade 3

4 (11.1%)

3 (6.5%)

 
  1. ASD adjacent segment degeneration, HO Heterotopic Ossification
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