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Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery

Table 2 Comparison of the general data of patients in the two groups

From: Laminectomy alone versus laminectomy with lateral mass screw fixation in the treatment of multisegment cervical spinal canal stenosis: a comparative analysis

Parameters

Group A (N = 20)

Group B (N = 26)

P value

Age in years (mean ± SD)

59.71 ± 3.03

59.59 ± 2.35

0.281

Gender (male/female)

12/8

16/10

0.269

Symptoms duration in months (mean ± SD)

11.16 ± 2.26

11.25 ± 2.55

0.314

Main clinical symptoms

  

0.462

Sensory disturbances

13/20

16/26

 

Lower limb weakness

11/20

14/26

 

DM

5/20

6/26

0.684

HTN

6/20

7/26

0.806

Decompressed levels

  

0.623

C 3–5

3

6

 

C 3–6

4

6

 

C 3–7

8

10

 

C 4–7

5

4

 

Operation time in minutes (mean ± SD)

90.17 ± 8.22

125.81 ± 8.96

< 0.001*

  1. Group A: patients underwent laminectomy alone; Group B: patients underwent laminectomy with lateral mass screw fixation
  2. DM diabetes mellitus, HTN hypertension, C cervical
  3. *Statistically Significant
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