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Table 1 Median length of vertebral artery, height and weight of 50 patients in our hospital

From: Esophageal cancer with right vertebral artery variation observed during thoracoscopic esophagectomy: a case report

 

Type A

Type B

P Value

Number of cases

n = 45

n = 5

 

Length of RVA (cm)

3.56 [1.87–5.24]

5.05 [4.12–7.02]

0.0020

Length of LVA (cm)

3.96 [2.05–8.89]

4.47 [3.78–5.08]

0.1501

Height (cm)

163.0 [147.1–178]

168.3 [161.4–170.1]

0.2014

Weight (kg)

51.8 [36.7–89.1]

57.0 [40.1–65.9]

0.3483

  1. The Mann–Whitney test was used for continuous variables. A p value of less than 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant
  2. RVA right vertebral artery, LVA left vertebral artery
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