Table 3.
Treatment, complications, and mortality of DISH-associated fracture cases.
| Cervical | Thoracolumbar | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative treatment | 9 (10.7%) | 36 (17.9%) | 0.129 |
| Surgical treatment | 75 (89.3%) | 165 (82.1%) | |
| Anterior fusion | 1 (1.2%) | 0 | 0.177 |
| Posterior fusion | 67 (79.8%) | 153 (76.1%) | |
| Anteroposterior fusion | 7 (8.3%) | 12 (6.0%) | |
| Complications | 31 (36.9%) | 55 (27.4%) | 0.11 |
| representative conditions: | respiratory: 13 | instrument-related: 8 | |
| UTI: 4 | UTI: 8 | ||
| dysphagia: 3 | respiratory: 6 | ||
| wound infection: 2 | wound infection: 6 | ||
| DVT: 2 | DVT: 3 | ||
| Death (within 6 months) | 13 (15.5%) | 10 (5.0%) | <0.05 * |
| causes: | pneumonia: 4 | pneumonia: 2 | |
| heart failure: 1 | heart failure: 1 | ||
| renal failure: 1 | septic cholecystitis: 1 |