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Table 4 Surgical Data of Minimally Invasive Separation Surgery (MISS)

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

Operative time (min) (mean ± SD)

227.95 ± 80.69

189.02 ± 53.52

0.027

Intraoperative blood loss (ml) (mean ± SD)

686.50 ± 631.07

792.86 ± 532.89

0.533

Massive blood loss (> 1000 ml) (%)

4(20%)

10(23.8%)

0.505

Postoperative drainage volume (ml) (mean ± SD)

337.61 ± 253.51

471.88 ± 235.01

0.054

Retention time of drainage tube (min) (mean ± SD)

4.44 ± 1.67

4.88 ± 1.51

0.385

Postoperative hospital stay (day) (mean ± SD)

5.25 ± 2.27

4.93 ± 2.44

0.622

Perioperative complications (%)

1(5%)

2(4.8%)

0.696

  1. SD standard deviation