Table 4.

Comparison of radiographic outcomes of the two groups.

Parameters	A-PKP	T-PKP	t/χ2	p
Anterior vertebral height (mm)
Preoperative	14.5 ± 5.23	13.9 ± 4.12	0.528	0.599
Postoperative 3 days	19.6 ± 4.14 *	19.2 ± 3.04 *	0.567	0.572
Final follow-up	17.9 ± 4.17 *	17.2 ± 3.15 *#	0.920	0.361
Middle vertebral height (mm)
Preoperative	14.1 ± 5.06	13.3 ± 3.83	0.900	0.371
Postoperative 3 days	18.4 ± 3.94 *	17.6 ± 3.71 *	0.921	0.360
Final follow-up	16.8 ± 4.30 *	16.2 ± 3.47 *	0.797	0.428
Posterior vertebral height (mm)
Preoperative	22.7 ± 4.18	21.3 ± 3.93	1.623	0.109
Postoperative 3 days	25.4 ± 3.74 *	24.1 ± 3.99 *	1.537	0.128
Final follow-up	24.0 ± 3.76 *	22.5 ± 3.85 *#	1.890	0.062
Wedge-shape cobb angle (°)
Preoperative	15.5 ± 4.53	16.8 ± 3.59	-1.484	0.142
Postoperative 3 days	10.8 ± 3.53 *	11.1 ± 2.61 *	-0.401	0.690
Final follow-up	12.4 ± 4.14 *	12.0 ± 2.40 *#	0.558	0.579
Cobb angle (°)
Preoperative	20.3 ± 7.54	20.2 ± 8.12	0.800	0.936
Postoperative 3 days	14.9 ± 5.72 *	14.6 ± 4.74 *	0.284	0.777
Final follow-up	16.5 ± 6.42 *	16.2 ± 5.80 *	0.164	0.870

^*Compared to pre-operative, p<0.05.

^#Compared to postoperative 3 days, p<0.05.