| Stable Group | Unstable Group | P-value |
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Type I | Type II | Total | Type III | Type IV | Total | |
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Sample size | 12 | 9 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 31 | – |
Age (mean ± SD) | 40.2 ± 11.8 | 47.3 ± 9.3 | 43.2 ± 10.9 | 43.7 ± 8.8 | 34.9 ± 9.3 | 40.3 ± 9.7 | 0.327 |
Gender |
Male | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 0.005* |
Female | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
AOSpine Classification |
A3 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 17 | < 0.001* |
A4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
Smoking history | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.004* |
Location of fracture |
T11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.193 |
T12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
L1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
L2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Load Sharing Classification score |
Comminution | 1.4 ± 0.7 | 1.7 ± 0.5 | 1.5 ± 0.6 | 2.1 ± 0.5 | 2.8 ± 0.5 | 2.3 ± 0.6 | < 0.001* |
Fragmental apposition | 1.3 ± 0.7 | 1.2 ± 0.4 | 1.3 ± 0.5 | 1.7 ± 0.7 | 2.6 ± 0.7 | 2.1 ± 0.8 | < 0.001* |
Deformity correction | 2.1 ± 0.8 | 2.4 ± 0.7 | 2.2 ± 0.7 | 2.5 ± 0.6 | 2.8 ± 0.5 | 2.6 ± 0.5 | 0.047* |
Total Score | 4.8 ± 1.7 | 5.2 ± 1.2 | 5.0 ± 1.5 | 6.3 ± 1.5 | 8.3 ± 1.1 | 7 ± 1.7 | < 0.001* |
ASIA impairment scale |
B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.029* |
C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
E | 11 | 9 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 18 |
Spinal canal decompression |
YES | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.091 |
NO | 10 | 8 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 20 |
- None of the patients had ASIA-A spinal cord impairment
- *A P-value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant between the Stable Group and the Unstable Group