Does Ending a Posterior Construct Proximally at C2 Versus C3 Impact Patient Reported Outcomes in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Patients up to 24 months After the Surgery?

Global Spine J · 2024 · PMC11418696 · PMID 36960878

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showed a trendP = .054so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Subgroup analysis of patients with pre-operative malalignment showed a trend towards greater improvement in the NDI at 12 months with a C2 UIV ( P = .054).

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did not reach statistical significanceP = .124not close (p > 0.1)

A subgroup analysis of those with malignment showed that the number of patients reaching MCID for the NDI was 20% higher at 12 and 24 months in the C2 UIV but this did not reach statistical significance ( P = .124 and P = .083) ( Table 4 ).

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