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Table 2 Radiographic outcomes between groups D and F

From: Surgical outcomes between posterior decompression alone and posterior decompression with fusion surgery among patients with Meyerding grade 2 degenerative spondylolisthesis: a multicenter cohort study

Ā 

Group D

(nā€‰=ā€‰18)

Group F

(nā€‰=ā€‰24)

P value

Operated segments

Ā Ā 

0.40

L3ā€“L4 (n)

1

0

Ā 

L4ā€“L5 (n)

16

21

Ā 

L5ā€“S1 (n)

1

3

Ā 

Preoperative disc height (mm)

5.3ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.6

4.8ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.8

0.42

Preoperative dynamic Ī”slip (mm)

2.1ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.0

1.7ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.3

0.72

Preoperative percentage of slip (%)

26.2ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.1

27.0ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.0

0.27

Preoperative amount of slippage (mm)

10.0ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.8

10.3ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.2

0.69

Postoperative amount of slippage (mm)

10.4ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.9

6.2ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.7

<ā€‰0.01

Fusion rate (%)

-

83.3 (20/24)

-

  1. Values were expressed as meansā€‰Ā±ā€‰standard deviation
  2. The Wilcoxon rank-sum test and the Pearsonā€™sĻ‡2 test were used to assess continuous and categorical variables, respectively
  3. A P value of <ā€‰0.05 was considered statistically significant