Table 3. Estimated blood loss (mL) by type of procedure and number of levels treated.
Levels | Stand-alone | Pseudoarthrosis | Circumferential (360°) | ||||||||
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N | Mean | SD | N | Mean | SD | N | Mean | SD | |||
All levels | 64 | 74.8 | 76.1 | 25 | 31.5 | 35.9 | 84 | 58.1 | 70.1 | ||
1 level | 23 | 87.5 | 82.7 | 12 | 28.3 | 40.3 | 29 | 41.9 | 44.6 | ||
2 levels | 23 | 62.6 | 85.5 | 9 | 28.8 | 30.6 | 21 | 69.3 | 114.9 | ||
3 levels | 16 | 78.0 | 54.0 | 3 | 46.7 | 46.2 | 31 | 64.4 | 48.9 | ||
4 levels | 2 | 42.5 | 10.6 | 1 | 50.0 | – | 3 | 74.5 | 34.6 |