Table 3.
Postoperative complications (the Landriel Ibañez classification) and motor deficits.
| Malignant | Nonmalignant | Total | p-Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Patients with complications | 7 | 26.9 | 18 | 27.3 | 25 | 27.2 | 0.973 |
| Grade I | 1 | 3.8 | 3 | 4.5 | 4 | 4.3 | |
| Grade II | 4 | 15.4 | 11 | 16.7 | 15 | 16.3 | 0.944 |
| Grade III | 2 | 7.7 | 4 | 6.1 | 6 | 6.5 | |
| Surgical | 6 | 23.1 | 15 | 22.7 | 21 | 22.8 | 0.884 |
| Medical | 1 | 3.8 | 3 | 4.5 | 4 | 4.3 | |
| Temporary | 4 | 15.4 | 13 | 19.7 | 17 | 18.5 | 0.468 |
| Permanent | 3 | 11.5 | 5 | 9.1 | 8 | 8.7 | |
| Plegia/paresis | |||||||
| Before surgery | 17 | 65.4 | 14 | 21.2 | 31 | 33.7 | <0.001 |
| At discharge | 22 | 84.6 | 38 | 57.6 | 60 | 85.2 | 0.014 |