Factors affecting postoperative mortality of patients with insufficient union following osteoporotic vertebral fractures and impact of preoperative serum albumin on mortality

Table 1 Preoperative characteristics and demographics of patients with OVF^a

Patients with OVF	(N = 105)
Age at the time of admission, y	76.3 ± 7.5
Gender, female/male, n	65/40
BMI (kg/m²)	22.4 ± 3.3
BMD (%YAM)	69.7 ± 13.5
Follow-up duration, months	28.3 ± 31.8
Injured vertebral level (Th10-L2/L3–4)	77/28
Type of Denis’s classification (A/B/C)	56/46/3
Intraoperative technique, n
VP (HA) + PF	49
BKP	18
ADF + PF	38

^aMean ± standard deviation, unless otherwise indicated
ADF anterior spinal decompression and fusion, BKP balloon kyphoplasty, BMI body mass index, BMD bone mineral density, YAM young adult mean, HA hydroxyapatite, OVF osteoporotic vertebral fractures, PF posterior fixation, VP vertebroplasty

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