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Table 2 Comparison of postoperative clinical results in group A and group B

From: Vertebral fracture in elderly female patients after posterior fusion with pedicle screw fixation for degenerative lumbar pathology: a retrospective cohort study

Parameter

group A

(n = 53)

group B

(n = 72)

P value

Follow up, mean (SD), (months)

76.8 (40.5)

103.5 (51.0)

0.002

Postoperative vertebral fracture, n (%)

22 (41.5)

17 (23.6)

0.02

Types of vertebral fracture, n (%)

  

0.18

 adjacent level

7 (31.8)

6 (35.3)

 

 remote level

8 (36.3)

7 (41.1)

 

 instrumented level

7 (31.8)

4 (23.5)