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. 2016 May 26;6:26751. doi: 10.1038/srep26751

Table 3. Comparison of outcomes between 1- and 2-level corpectomy.

  one year follow-up Last follow-up
Reduction of segmental height (mm)
 1-level corpectomy 1.26 ± 0.64 1.68 ± 0.76
 2-level corpectomy 1.54 ± 0.61 1.88 ± 0.60
 p value 0.204 0.419
Fusion rate
 1-level corpectomy 92.31% (36/39) 97.44% (38/39)
 2-level corpectomy 90.9% (10/11) 100% (11/11)
 p value 0.643 0.78
Subsidence rate
 1-level corpectomy 2.56% (1/39) 7.69% (3/39)
 2-level corpectomy 9.1% (1/11) 9.1% (1/11)
 p value 0.395 0.643
Incidence of symptomatic ASD
 1-level corpectomy 0% (0/39) 5.13% (2/39)
 2-level corpectomy 0% (0/11) 9.09% (1/11)
 p value   0.534
Incidence of radiolucent gap
 1-level corpectomy 56.41% (22/39) 58.97% (23/39)
 2-level corpectomy 54.55% (6/11) 72.73% (8/11)
 p value 0.912 0.632
JOA increase
 1-level corpectomy 2.59 ± 1.55 2.67 ± 1.74
 2-level corpectomy 3.00 ± 1.00 2.91 ± 1.22
 p value 0.413 0.668
VAS decrease
 1-level corpectomy 3.26 ± 1.31 3.21 ± 1.49
 2-level corpectomy 3.91 ± 0.83 3.91 ± 1.04
 p value 0.126 0.150