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Table 1 Clinical Factors and Univariate Analysis of Increased Spinal Cord Area

From: Multivariate analysis of factors associated with spinal cord area in single-door cervical laminoplasty with miniplate fixation

 

TOTAL

SAI

MAI

LAI

P Value

Gender, N (%)

    

0.546

Male

65

27 (41.5)

21 (32.3)

17 (26.2)

 

Female

18

7 (38.9)

8 (44.4)

3 (16.7)

 

Age, year

55.5 ± 11.6

57.8 ± 10.7

53.4 ± 12.2

59.9 ± 11.5

0.302

Smoking, N (%)

34

16 (47.0)

9 (26.5)

9 (26.5)

0.339

Drinking, N (%)

30

14 (46.7)

6 (20.0)

10 (33.3)

0.081

Diabetes, N (%)

21

10 (47.6)

6 (28.6)

5 (23.8)

0.729

Hypertension, N (%)

24

9 (37.5)

9 (37.5)

6 (25.0)

0.917

Diagnosis, N (%)

    

0.001

 OPLL

19

6 (31.6)

8 (42.1)

5 (26.3)

 

 MCDH

30

13 (43.3)

11 (36.7)

6 (20.0)

 

 DCSS

34

15 (44.1)

10 (29.4)

9 (26.5)

 

Operative level, N (%)

    

0.885

 C2-C7

2

0 (0)

1 (50.0)

1 (50.0)

 

 C3-C6

8

3 (37.5)

3 (37.5)

2 (25.0)

 

 C3-C7

69

30 (43.5)

23 (33.3)

16 (27.5)

 

 C4-C7

4

1 (25.0)

2 (50.0)

1 (25.0)

 

Blood loss, ml

236 ± 177

237 ± 147

190 ± 145

300 ± 244

0.098

Operative time, min

147 ± 38

140 ± 37

156 ± 44

145 ± 30

0.248

Duration of follow-up, month

17.2 ± 15.7

16.5 ± 19.4

18.1 ± 14.1

17.1 ± 11.1

0.923

Duration of postoperative hospital stay, day

9.1 ± 3.3

9.2 ± 3.7

9.1 ± 3.7

9.0 ± 2.3

0.982

Preoperative duration of symptoms, month

45.8 ± 71.6

43.0 ± 76.2

43.7 ± 56.3

53.6 ± 85.4

0.858

postoperative drainage volume, ml

270.0 ± 130.3

262.0 ± 158.1

290.0 ± 127.2

253.6 ± 93.6

0.437

  1. SAI Small spinal cord area increment, MAI Middle spinal cord area increment, LAI Large spinal cord area increment, MCDH multilevel cervical disc herniation, OPLL posterior longitudinal ligament, DCSS degenerative cervical spinal canal stenosis
  2. P < 0.05 compared to the preoperative data