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Table 1 Patient and surgical characteristics and outcomes of the two groups

From: Comparison of single posterior debridement, bone grafting and instrumentation with single-stage anterior debridement, bone grafting and posterior instrumentation in the treatment of thoracic and thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis

Characteristic

Group A (n = 34)

Group B (n = 30)

Sex (male)

25 (73.5%)

22 (73.3%)

Age at initial operation (years)

39.4 ± 12.0 (18–70)

40.6 ± 12.5(19–71)

Operation time (min)*

160.4 ± 20.6(116–253)

231.5 ± 27.4 (164–312)

Intraoperative bleeding (ml)*

760.7 ± 146.2 (560–1100)

1023.8 ± 197.9 (753–1350)

Time to abscess disappearance (postoperative months)

8.1 ± 0.5 (7–12)

8.0 ± 0.6 (6–12)

Time to bone fusion (postoperative months)

8.6 ± 0.4 (6–12)

8.4 ± 0.5 (5–12)

Hospitalization day (days)*

23.3 ± 4.5(20–29)

26.5 ± 3.5(22–35)

  1. Data are presented as n (%) or mean ± standard deviation (range)
  2. *P < 0.05. Comparison between group A and group B