Table 3.
Specific patient comorbidities
| Comorbidity | TDA | Fusion | P-value^ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Counts | Percentage (%) | Counts | Percentage (%) | ||
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| Arrhythmias | 67 | 2.77 | 1543 | 3.06 | 0.4669 |
| Arthritis* | 10 | 0.41 | 863 | 1.71 | <0.0001 |
| Atherosclerosis* | 23 | 0.95 | 1306 | 2.59 | <0.0001 |
| Cancer* | 5 | 0.21 | 440 | 0.87 | <0.0001 |
| Cellulitis | 6 | 0.25 | 190 | 0.38 | 0.3917 |
| CHF* | 3 | 0.12 | 365 | 0.72 | <0.0001 |
| COPD* | 37 | 1.53 | 1716 | 3.40 | <0.0001 |
| Decubitus* | 0 | 0.00 | 162 | 0.32 | 0.001 |
| Dementia* | 9 | 0.37 | 464 | 0.92 | 0.0027 |
| Diabetes mellitus* | 92 | 3.81 | 4724 | 9.36 | <0.0001 |
| ESRD | 0 | 0.00 | 51 | 0.10 | 0.1745 |
| Hematological | 0 | 0.00 | 48 | 0.10 | 0.1729 |
| Hemiplegia* | 3 | 0.12 | 1363 | 2.70 | <0.0001 |
| Hypertension* | 383 | 15.86 | 14078 | 27.90 | <0.0001 |
| Infection* | 26 | 1.08 | 1151 | 2.28 | <0.0001 |
| Major symptoms | 132 | 5.47 | 3013 | 5.97 | 0.3325 |
| Metastatic* | 0 | 0.00 | 265 | 0.53 | <0.0001 |
| Neuropathy* | 12 | 0.50 | 608 | 1.20 | 0.0007 |
| Other injury | 90 | 3.73 | 1604 | 3.18 | 0.1389 |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 0.17 | 205 | 0.41 | 0.0668 |
| Protein | 5 | 0.21 | 168 | 0.33 | 0.3629 |
| Psychiatric* | 33 | 1.37 | 1395 | 2.76 | <0.0001 |
| Renal* | 6 | 0.25 | 585 | 1.16 | <0.0001 |
| Stroke | 0 | 0.00 | 29 | 0.06 | 0.6422 |
| Vascular* | 58 | 2.40 | 1918 | 3.80 | 0.0002 |
Percentage (%) reflects the frequency of that comorbidity in all patients undergoing that procedure.
^
Significant differences determined based on Fisher’s exact tests (P<0.05).
*
Comorbidities with significant differences between groups.