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Table 2 The clinical data of patients in two groups

From: Anterior debridement, bone grafting and fixation for cervical spine tuberculosis: an iliac bone graft versus a structural manubrium graft

Characteristic

Group A(15 patients)

Group B(8 patients)

p

Surgical time (min)

173.3 ± 20.8

179.8 ± 46.4

0.631

Blood Loss (ml)

323.4 ± 105.1

281.0 ± 84.2

0.336

Ambulation time (day)

6.7. ±1.4

3.8 ± 0.8

0.000

Duration of follow-up(m)

24.0 ± 5.7

25.8 ± 7.6

0.509

Fusion time(m)

4.3 ± 1.6

4.4 ± 1.4

0.917

ESR

 Preoperative

55.2 ± 19.1

61.4 ± 19.5

0.170

 Postoperative

21.8 ± 9.9a

26.8 ± 6.2a

0.144

 Final follow-up

11.4 ± 6.3a

13.5 ± 4.3a

0.371

Cobb(°)

 Preoperative

18.1 ± 8.2

16.3 ± 8.2

0.577

 Postoperative

−2.4 ± 2.6a

− 2.1 ± 2.8a

0.746

 Final follow-up

−1.0 ± 2.2a

− 1.4 ± 2.5a

0.732

VAS (donor-site)

 A week Post-op

3.4 ± 0.9

2.3 ± 0.9

 

 3-months Post-op

1.6 ± 0.7b

1.1 ± 0.7b

0.005

 Final follow-up

0.7 ± 0.5b

0.6 ± 0.5b

0.070

 Complication(donor-site)

3

0

0.569

  1. VAS 10-point visual analog scale
  2. a Compared with preoperative (P < 0.05)
  3. bCompared with A week Post-op (P < 0.05)