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Table 1 Patients’ Demographic and Basic Clinical Data

From: Minimally invasive separation surgery for the treatment of spinal metastases with small incision and freehand pedicle screw fixation: the surgical learning curve

 

Early phase group (n = 20)

Later phase group (n = 42)

P value

Age(mean ± SD)

54.35 ± 10.48

53.98 ± 12.02

0.906

Gender (%)

  

0.544

 Female

11(55%)

24(57.1%)

 

 Male

9(45%)

18(42.9%)

 

Number of spinal metastases (%)

  

0.677

 multiple

20(100%)

41(97.6%)

 

 single

0

1(2.4%)

 

Surgical site (%)

  

0.294

 Thoracic

15(75%)

27(64.3%)

 

 lumbar

5(25%)

15(35.7%)

 

Coagulation dysfunction

   

 Normal

18(90%)

42(100%)

0.189

 Abnormal

2(10%)

0

 

Diabetes

   

 Normal

20(100%)

39(92.9%)

0.554

 Abnormal

0

3(7.1%)

 
  1. SD standard deviation. The criteria for abnormal coagulation dysfunction were: prothrombin time (PT) has been increased by 3 s or activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) increased by 10 s