Table 1.
Baseline and radiographic characteristics of patients in both anterior cervical discectomy (ACDF) or corpectomy (ACCF) and fusion groups
| Unmatched analysis | Matched analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline variables | ACDF (n = 54) |
ACCF (n = 50) |
p-value | ACDF (n = 30) |
ACCF (n = 30) |
p-value |
| Male sex | 38 (70%) | 37 (74%) | 0.680 | 19 (63%) | 21 (70%) | 0.584 |
| Age | 62.9 (24) | 39 (25) | < 0.001 | 49 (29) | 42 (27) | 0.220 |
| BMI | 25 (5) | 24 (5) | 0.122 | 24 (5) | 24 (6) | 0.987 |
| Trauma mechanism | 0.043 | 0.115 | ||||
| Fall from height | 16 (30%) | 18 (36%) | 9 (30%) | 12 (40%) | ||
| Motor vehicle accident | 16 (30%) | 8 (16%) | 11 (37%) | 3 (10%) | ||
| Same-level fall | 14 (26%) | 7 (14%) | 5 (17%) | 6 (20%) | ||
| Hit by car | 0 (0%) | 4 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (7%) | ||
| Bike accident | 0 (0%) | 2 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| Other | 8 (15%) | 11 (22%) | 5 (17%) | 7 (23%) | ||
| Preoperative ASIA score | 0.068 | > 0.999 | ||||
| E | 21 (39%) | 19 (38%) | 11 (37%) | 11 (37%) | ||
| D | 20 (37%) | 14 (28%) | 11 (37%) | 11 (37%) | ||
| C | 5 (9%) | 3 (6%) | 3 (10%) | 3 (10%) | ||
| B | 6 (11%) | 3 (6%) | 3 (10%) | 3 (10%) | ||
| A | 2 (4%) | 11 (22%) | 2 (7%) | 2 (7%) | ||
| Radiology | ||||||
| Traumatic disc rupture | 41 (76%) | 25 (50%) | 0.006 | 23 (77%) | 15 (50%) | 0.032 |
| Vertebral body injury | 28 (52%) | 47 (94%) | < 0.001 | 16 (53%) | 27 (90%) | 0.002 |
ASIA American spinal injury association