Functional recovery after laminoplasty versus staged anterior-posterior fusion for multilevel cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament.

J Orthop Surg Res · 2025 · PMC12751572 · PMID 41299727

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0.0719

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0.0730

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.0719so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Although the difference did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.0719), there was a trend toward higher IR in the APF group.

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a nonsignificant trendp = 0.073so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Baseline characteristics of included and excluded patients were broadly comparable, with no significant differences except a nonsignificant trend toward younger age in the included group ( p = 0.073).

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a possible trendno p-value reported

This finding should be interpreted as a possible trend rather than definitive evidence of functional adaptation (Fig. 2 ).

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