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Table 7 Radiological changes of the final follow-up

From: Pretic-I was a safe and effective artificial cervical disc prosthesis--a retrospective and comparative study with 5-year follow-up

Items

Groups

Pre-operative

1 Week

Final Follow-up

P Value

Statistical Power

Shell Angle (°)

Discover (n = 32)

(−)

0.75 ± 3.42

0.09 ± 4.44

0.1820

(−)

Pretic-I (n = 32)

(−)

3.03 ± 3.68

2.23 ± 4.10

0.1988

(−)

C2–7 Cobb Angle (°)

Discover (n = 32)

12.05 ± 12.17

(−)

19.32 ± 9.32

0.0104*

98.20%

Pretic-I (n = 32)

15.08 ± 11.75

(−)

18.00 ± 10.61

0.3079

(−)

C2–7 ROM

 Flexion ROM (°)

Discover (n = 32)

32.63 ± 8.86

(−)

31.49 ± 9.37

0.6258

(−)

Pretic-I (n = 32)

34.01 ± 11.42

(−)

33.35 ± 8.77

0.7993

(−)

 Extension ROM (°)

Discover (n = 32)

18.94 ± 8.19

(−)

19.13 ± 10.19

0.9366

(−)

Pretic-I (n = 32)

18.47 ± 9.07

(−)

19.95 ± 8.60

0.5125

(−)

 Total ROM (°)

Discover (n = 32)

51.57 ± 12.36

(−)

50.62 ± 10.39

0.7449

(−)

Pretic-I (n = 32)

52.48 ± 14.31

(−)

53.30 ± 11.71

0.8062

(−)

FSU ROM

 Flexion ROM (°)

Discover (n = 32)

7.04 ± 4.02

(−)

6.18 ± 3.76

0.3856

(−)

Pretic-I (n = 32)

8.35 ± 3.88

(−)

6.60 ± 4.14

0.0919

(−)

 Extension ROM (°)

Discover (n = 32)

4.83 ± 3.91

(−)

4.19 ± 2.84

0.4580

(−)

Pretic-I (n = 32)

3.85 ± 2.65

(−)

4.12 ± 2.93

0.7035

(−)

 Total ROM (°)

Discover (n = 32)

11.07 ± 5.36

(−)

10.36 ± 4.79

0.5870

(−)

Pretic-I (n = 32)

12.20 ± 4.52

(−)

10.73 ± 4.45

0.2002

(−)

  1. ROM Range of motion, FSU Functional segment unit, (−) Without valid data
  2. * indicates that the data has a P value less than 0.05