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Table 3 Patients characteristics (pain and clinical outcome as measured by Nurick grade)

From: Outcome associated with use of winged expandable titanium cage following cervical corpectomy: an institutional experience

Characteristics

Subtypes

Preoperative status [N (%)]

Postoperative status [N (%)]

P-value

Pain

None

00 (00.00)

26 (32.09)

p < 0.00001

Mild

03 (03.70)

53 (65.43)

Moderate

53 (65.43)

02 (02.46)

Severe

25 (30.86)

00 (00.00)

Nurick grade (count)

0

00 (00.00)

02 (02.46)

p < 0.05

1

00 (00.00)

06 (07.40)

2

04 (04.90)

22 (27.16)

3

14 (17.20)

31 (38.27)

4

36 (44.44)

15 (18.51)

5

27 (33.33)

08 (09.87)

Nurick grade (average)

All patients

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

 

4.06 ± 0.85

2.85 ± 1.16