Table 4 Patients’ Outcomes in Dependence on Posterior Short- versus Long-Segmental Stabilization
From: Midterm outcome after posterior stabilization of unstable Midthoracic spine fractures in the elderly
Parameter | SSS (n = 5) | LSS (n = 29) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mean | range | mean | range | ||
ODI | 30.0 | 0–54 | 31.5 | 0–80 | 0.92 |
PSC (SF-36) | 33.6 | 17.2–51.8 | 33.6 | 17.5–62.1 | 1.0 |
Time-Up-and-Go Test [s] | 9.0 | 7–11 | 11.3 | 5–38 | 0.94 |
Pain [VAS] | 3.5 | 1–6 | 3.2 | 0–8 | 0.89 |
Reduction loss [°] | 5.8 | -1 - 10 | 4.1 | 0–13 | 0.45 |
Rel. med. Vertebral body height [%] | 78.2 | 71–86 | 69.3 | 45–115 | 0.19 |
Thoracal kyphosise [°] | 65.2 | 41–85 | 68.1 | 30–100 | 0.94 |
Sacral slope [°] | 36.0 | 29–43 | 32.7 | -1 - 62 | 0.95 |
Pelvic tilt [°] | 20.5 | 19–22 | 21.4 | 7–41 | 0.95 |
Follow-up time [months] | 83.4 | 50–111 | 54.3 | 18–103 | 0.04 |
Thoracic cage fractures [%] | 0% | 34.4% | 0.01 | ||
Complication rate [%] | 20% | 13,8% | 0.89 | ||
R. further vert. Fractures [%] | 80% | 27,6% | 0.03 | ||