Table 4.
Study | Year | No. of cases | No. of levels | Follow-up | Fusion rate | Dysphagia |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yang et al. [18] | 2012 | 23 | 23 | 1 year | 91% at 6 months, 100% at 1 year | 17% |
Hofstetter et al. [23] | 2015 | 35 | 35 | 6 months | 94% | 3% |
Barbagallo et al. [24] | 2013 | 32 | 32 | 4 years | 92% | 15% |
Scholz et al. [25] | 2014 | 50 | 87 | 1 year | 97% | 10% |
Current study | 2017 | 25 | 30 | 1 year | 92% at 6 months, 100% at 1 year | 20% |