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Table 3 The frequency of bone cement leakage into the spinal canal

From: A mysterious risk factor for bone cement leakage into the spinal canal through the Batson vein during percutaneous kyphoplasty: a case control study

 

T6

T7

T8

T9

T10

T11

T12

L1

L2

L3

L4

L5

Total

Single vertebra

6

4

12

8

20

32

41

39

30

16

15

11

234

Double vertebrae

5

7

8

11

13

8

30

24

22

16

11

9

164

Three vertebrae

2

5

3

5

9

11

10

9

5

2

1

1

63

Four vertebrae

1

2

3

3

5

8

11

8

5

3

1

2

52

Five vertebrae

1

2

2

2

3

5

6

4

4

1

3

2

35

Total

15

20

28

29

50

64

98

84

66

38

31

25

548

The amounts of bone cement leakage(n)

1

2

2

3

5

7

11

5

2

1

1

0

40

The rates of bone cement leakage (%)

6.7

10.0

7.1

10.3

10.0

10.9

11.2

5.9

3.0

2.7

3.2

0

7.3