Skip to main content

Table 2 Clinical outcome measurements

From: Healing pattern classification for thoracolumbar burst fractures after posterior short-segment fixation

 

Stable Group

Unstable Group

P-value*

Type I

Type II

Total

Type III

Type IV

Total

 

VAS

0.42 ± 0.79

0.78 ± 1.20

0.57 ± 0.95

1.32 ± 1.97

0.67 ± 1.23

1.07 ± 1.7

0.247

NDI

2.42 ± 3.52

1.22 ± 1.92

1.91 ± 2.88

2.95 ± 4.13

2.42 ± 2.61

2.74 ± 3.52

0.382

ASIA impairment scale

B

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.101

C

0

0

0

1

1

2

 

D

0

0

0

1

3

4

 

E

12

9

21

17

8

25

 
  1. *A P-value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant between the Intact Vertebra group and the Vertebral Cavity group
Back to article page

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

Contact us