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Table 2 Intraoperative and postoperative conditions

From: Comparison of clinical outcomes of expansive open-door laminoplasty with unilateral or bilateral fixation and fusion for treating cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a multi-center prospective study

Parameters

Unilateral n = 33

Bilateral n = 77

All patients

p

Operation time (min), mean ± s.d.

141.82 ± 30.51

154.34 ± 36.65

150.58 ± 35.26

0.113

Intraoperative bleeding (ml), mean ± s.d.

333.06 ± 144.73

330.65 ± 156.4

331.37 ± 152.34

0.937

Total drainage (ml), mean ± s.d.

197.97 ± 89.22

239.03 ± 142.75

226.71 ± 130.01

0.085

Duration of hospital stay (day), mean ± s.d.

18.06 ± 7.40

17.75 ± 6.48

17.85 ± 6.74

0.768

Postoperative fat liquefaction, n (%)

1 (3.03)

1 (1.30)

2 (1.82)

0.512

Bone graft fusion, n (%)

 Completely fused

27 (84.38)

76 (98.70)

103 (94.50)

0.008

 Partially fused

5 (15.63)

1 (1.30)

6 (5.50)