Research Article

Comparison of Anterior and Posterior Approaches for Acute Traumatic Central Spinal Cord Syndrome with Multilevel Cervical Canal Stenosis without Cervical Fracture or Dislocation

Table 3

Cervical sagittal parameters.

Group A (n = 35)Group B (n = 24) value

C2–C7 Cobb’s angle (°)
 Admission12.89 ± 2.1013.71 ± 1.780.122
 Discharge16.86 ± 2.4017.17 ± 2.140.614
 Sixth month16.37 ± 2.6616.21 ± 2.450.812
 Final visit16.09 ± 2.4515.67 ± 2.350.515

Cervical curvature (°)
 Admission12.83 ± 1.5613.13 ± 1.890.513
 Discharge15.69 ± 2.2715.25 ± 1.960.448
 Sixth month15.34 ± 2.8215.00 ± 1.840.603
 Final visit15.03 ± 2.6514.58 ± 1.950.486

C2–C7 SVA (mm)
 Admission28.00 ± 6.4329.33 ± 7.390.464
 Discharge20.86 ± 4.1921.04 ± 4.280.870
 Sixth month21.69 ± 3.7622.67 ± 4.270.355
 Final visit23.11 ± 5.1924.00 ± 6.740.571

SVA: sagittal vertical axis. Significance compared with the value at admission, .