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Table 2 Laboratory findings of the patients

From: Single-stage posterior-only debridement, decompression and interbody fusion for the treatment of thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis complicated with psoas abscesses

 

Pre-op

Post-op

FFU

P1 (t1)*

P2 (t2)*

Cobb angle (°)

16.0 ± 15.4

8.1 ± 7.4

11.0 ± 8.5

 < 0.001 (− 4.38)

0.002 (3.38)

VAS

3.5 ± 1.1

0.7 ± 0.8

0.6 ± 0.5

 < 0.001 (23.21)

 < 0.001 (17.07)

ESR (mm/h)

51.4 ± 25.2

41.9 ± 16.6

18.6 ± 7.7

0.005 (3.00)

 < 0.001 (8.85)

CRP (mg/L)

41.9 ± 15.1

30.1 ± 10.8

16.6 ± 7.2

 < 0.001 (5.19)

 < 0.001 (11.09)

  1. Pre-op pre-operative, Post-op post-operative, FFU final follow-up, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP C-reactive protein, P1 post-op versus pre-op, P2 FFU versus pre-op
  2. *Paired-sample t-test
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