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. 2009 Aug 4;18(9):1326–1334. doi: 10.1007/s00586-009-1109-3

Table 2.

Numbers of CPS with complete perforation and partial perforation in each period

Period E (92 screws) Period M (100 screws) Period L (88 screws) χ2 test
PP (n) 6 7 1 NS
CP (n) 5* 0a 0a P < 0.01
CP + PP (n) 11# (12.0%) 7a (7.0%) 1# (1.1%) P < 0.05

CPS cervical pedicle screw, PP partial perforation, CP complete perforation, NS not significant in χ2 test

aNot significant in Haberman’s residual analysis

P < 0.01 in Haberman’s residual analysis

#P < 0.05 in Herberman’s residual analysis