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Table 1 Patient Demographic Data (PLF vs. IBF)

From: Instrumented Posterolateral fusion versus instrumented Interbody fusion for degenerative lumbar diseases in uremic patients under hemodialysis

Characteristic

PLF

(N = 34)

IBF

(N = 45)

P values

Age (years)

65.4 ± 8.4

65.1 ± 7.1

0.729

Gender

 Female

22

26

0.436

 Male

12

19

 

Surgical segements

 One-sgemnt

15

14

 

 Two-segment

15

21

 

 Three-segment

1

7

0.557

 Four segment

3

3

 

Operation time (min)

178.4 ± 52.0

210.9 ± 50.1

0.029

Blood loss (c.c.)

428.4 ± 201.5

780.0 ± 306.7

0.001

BUN (mg/dL)

52.7 ± 17.8

47.3 ± 15.7

0.146

Cr (mg/dL)

6.9 ± 2.3

6.7 ± 1.9

0.494

eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2)

7.1 ± 3.2

7.4 ± 2.2

0.642

CCI

3.7 ± 1.2

3.5 ± 1.5

0.577

  1. PLF posterolateral fusion, IBF interbody fusion, BUN blood urea nitrogen, Cr creatinine, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index