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Table 4 Cranial facet joint violation among three insertion techniques

From: Rates and risk factors of intrapedicular accuracy and cranial facet joint violation among robot-assisted, fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous, and freehand techniques in pedicle screw fixation of thoracolumbar fractures: a comparative cohort study

Cranial facet joint, n (%)

RA

FP

FH

P valuea

RA vs FP

RA vs FH

FP vs FH

Grade 0

136 (86.1)

54 (69.2)

157 (77.3)

0.002

0.035

0.157

Grade 1

12 (7.6)

6 (7.7)

26 (12.8)

0.979

0.109

0.227

Grade 2

5 (3.2)

8 (10.3)

11 (5.4)

0.025

0.302

0.148

Grade 3

5 (3.2)

10 (12.8)

9 (4.4)

0.004

0.536

0.012

Total

158 (100)

82

203 (100)

   
  1. aThe significance level was adjusted as 0.0167 with Bonfferoni correction