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Table 1 Demographic data of the studied patients

From: Single level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion versus dynamic cervical implant: clinical and radiological outcome

 

Group

P

Significance

ACDF

DCI

Mean

± SD

Mean

± SD

Age

47.60

8.09

46.60

8.79

0.748‡

NS

Duration (months)

10.40

4.47

10.93

9.17

0.841‡

NS

Sex

 Male

9

60.0%

11

73.3%

0.439*

NS

 Female

6

40.0%

4

26.7%

  

Brachialgia

 Right

5

33.3%

5

33.3%

1.0**

NS

 Left

7

46.7%

8

53.3%

 Bilateral

3

20.0%

2

13.3%

Numbness

 Negative

3

20.0%

8

53.3%

0.058*

NS

 Positive

12

80.0%

7

46.7%

Level

 3,4

1

6.7%

1

6.7%

1.0**

NS

 4,5

3

20.0%

4

26.7%

 5,6

7

46.7%

7

46.7%

 6,7

4

26.7%

3

20.0%

  1. ACDF Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, DCI Dynamic cervical implant, SD Standard deviation, NS Non significant
  2. ‡ Student t test
  3. *Chi-square tests
  4. **Fisher’s exact test