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Table 1 Demographic profiles of patients with SMA undergoing instrumentation and fusion

From: Hybrid versus total sublaminar wires in patients with spinal muscular atrophy undergoing scoliosis surgery

 

Sublaminar wire (n = 14)

Hybrid (n = 19)

P value

Demographic profile

   

Male: Female

9:5

10:9

0.723

SMA II: SMA III

10:4

12:7

0.719

Age (years)

14.5 ± 5.5

14.5 ± 9.4

0.981

Height (cm)

144.2 ± 11.1

151.7 ± 12.4

0.101

Weight (kg)

32.5 ± 9.4

42.0 ± 14.5

0.058

Operation duration (hours)

8.3 ± 1.4

9.1 ± 1.5

0.109

  1. All data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation
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