Comparison of Anterior and Posterior Approaches for Acute Traumatic Central Spinal Cord Syndrome with Multilevel Cervical Canal Stenosis without Cervical Fracture or Dislocation
Table 1
Demographics of the two groups.
Full sample (N = 59)
Group A (n = 35)
Group B (n = 24)
value
Age (years)
57.47 ± 9.70
56.11 ± 9.29
59.46 ± 10.14
0.126
Gender (male/female)
38/21
24/11
14/10
0.420
Causes (n)
0.867
Traffic accident
24 (40.68%)
14 (40.00%)
10 (41.67%)
Falling
20 (33.90%)
12 (34.29%)
8 (33.33%)
Sports
8 (13.56%)
4 (11.43%)
4 (16.67%)
Others
7 (11.86%)
5 (14.28%)
2 (8.33%)
Spinal canal diameter (mm)
Minimum
6.60 ± 1.05
6.54 ± 1.05
6.68 ± 1.56
0.540
Maximum
10.45 ± 0.70
10.43 ± 0.72
10.48 ± 0.68
0.711
Canal compression rate (%)
37.03 ± 8.23
37.43 ± 8.27
36.45 ± 8.23
0.592
The narrowest segment of the spinal canal (n)
0.723
C2-3
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
C3-4
10 (16.95%)
6 (17.14%)
4 (16.67%)
C4-5
31 (54.54%)
18 (51.43%)
13 (54.16%)
C5-6
13 (22.03%)
9 (25.71%)
4 (16.67%)
C6-7
5 (8.48%)
2 (5.72%)
3 (12.50%)
Time after injury until operation (days)
10.88 ± 5.82
10.14 ± 6.34
11.96 ± 4.85
0.143
Time after operation until discharge (days)
9.76 ± 4.65
9.11 ± 4.70
10.71 ± 4.46
0.120
OPLL (n)
9 (15.25%)
1 (2.86%)
8 (33.33%)
<0.001
LOS (days)
15.56 ± 5.84
14.86 ± 5.98
16.58 ± 5.53
0.178
Comorbidities (n)
Hypertension
21 (35.59%)
12 (34.29%)
9 (37.50%)
0.800
Diabetes
19 (32.20%)
11 (31.43%)
8 (33.33%)
0.878
Hyperlipidemia
15 (25.42%)
9 (25.71%)
6 (25.00%)
0.951
Smoking
16 (27.12%)
9 (25.71%)
7 (29.17%)
0.770
Follow-up period (months)
41.49 ± 14.72
40.80 ± 13.68
42.29 ± 16.40
0.706
LOS: length of stay; OPLL: ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament. Significance between the two groups, .
