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Table 2 The postoperative clinical and radiological data of patients in two groups

From: Comparison of clinical and radiological outcomes of local morselized bone grafts and structural iliac bone grafts in the treatment of lumbar tuberculosis with posterior-only surgery

Measurements

Morselized bone group (43)

Structural iliac bone group (39)

P-value

Operative time (min)

144.3 ± 23.6

215.3 ± 32.8

0.008

Blood loss (ml)

337.2 ± 105.2

507.6 ± 167.6

0.003

Hospital stay (d)

11.7 ± 2.1

14.5 ± 2.9

0.001

ESR

 Preoperative

43.3 ± 11.8

54.3 ± 12.5

0.553

 Postoperative

21.2 ± 8.0*

19.7 ± 8.1*

0.898

 Final follow-up

11.0 ± 4.3*

11.0 ± 4.6*

0.874

CRP

 Preoperative

35.6 ± 14.5

35.7 ± 15.8

0.724

 Postoperative

13.2 ± 5.3*

17.4 ± 5.3*

0.854

 Final follow-up

7.3 ± 2.3*

6.6 ± 2.6*

0.536

VAS

 Preoperative

6.9 ± 0.9

6.8 ± 0.9

0.903

 Postoperative

2.8 ± 0.8*

4.1 ± 0.9*

0.352

 3 months follow-up

3.0 ± 0.7*

2.9 ± 0.6*

0.862

 Final follow-up

2.3 ± 0.9*

2.4 ± 0.8*

0.417

Cobb (°)

 Preoperative

3.1 ± 6.8

3.1 ± 5.2

0.136

 Postoperative

13.4 ± 4.8*

12.6 ± 4.7*

0.99

 Final follow-up

10.9 ± 4.0*

11.1 ± 4.4*

0.500

Bone graft fusion time (m)

5.1 ± 1.7

4.7 ± 1.6

0.857

Fusion rate

95% (41/43)

97% (38/39)

0.617

ASIA scores

 C

0

0

0.502

 D

1

2

 

 E

42

37

 

Complications

4(9.3%)

10 (25.1%)

0.051

  1. *Compared with preoperative (P < 0.05)