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Table 4 The number and proportion of (POW + DPVA) < 5 mm

From: Morphological characteristics of subaxial cervical pedicles and surrounding critical structures in patients with vertebral artery dominance - an anatomical study based on computed tomographic imaging

 

Dominant side, n (%)

Non-dominant side, n (%)

P value

C3 (N = 152)

32 (21.1)

20 (13.2)

0.093

C4 (N = 152)

31 (20.3)

22 (14.5)

0.226

C5 (N = 152)

7 (4.6)

2 (1.3)

0.173

C6 (N = 132)

9 (6.8)

5 (3.8)

0.411

Total (N = 588)

79(13.4)

49(8.3)

0.006

  1. POW the distance between lateral cortical border and medial border at the most stenotic area of the pedicle, DPVA the distance from the lateral pedicle border to the closest part of vertebral artery
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