Table 2.

Surgical complications and outcomes in in both anterior cervical discectomy (ACDF) or corpectomy (ACCF) and fusion groups

	Unmatched analysis			Matched analysis
Complications and outcomes	ACDF (n = 54)	ACCF (n = 50)	p-value	ACDF (n = 30)	ACCF (n = 30)	p-value
Wound infection	1 (2%)	1 (2%)	> 0.999	1 (3%)	1 (3%)	> 0.999
CSF leak	0 (0%)	1 (2%)	0.481	0 (0%)	1 (3%)	> 0.999
Dysphagia	3 (6%)	3 (6%)	> 0.999	1 (3%)	1 (3%)	> 0.999
Other	0 (0%)	2 (4%)	0.229	0 (0%)	2 (7%)	0.492
Composite outcome for any complication	4 (7%)	6 (12%)	0.515	2 (7%)	4 (13%)	0.671
Long-term ASIA score	3 missing	2 missing	0.319	2 missing	1 missing	0.081
E	25 (46%)	30 (60%)		12 (41%)	20 (71%)
D	18 (33%)	7 (14%)		12 (41%)	6 (21%)
C	3 (6%)	3 (6%)		1 (3%)	2 (7%)
B	3 (6%)	3 (6%)		2 (7%)	0 (0%)
A	2 (4%)	4 (8%)		2 (7%)	0 (0%)
Fixation failure requiring supplementary posterior fixation	2 (4%)	2 (4%)	> 0.999	1 (3%)	2 (7%)	> 0.999
90-day mortality	0 (0%)	1 (2%)	0.481	0 (0%)	1 (3%)	> 0.999
1-year mortality	2 (4%)	1 (2%)		2 (7%)	1 (3%)	> 0.999

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