Expandable Cage Versus Mesh Cage for the Treatment of Vertebral Osteomyelitis.

Cureus · 2026 · PMC12875359 · PMID 41658839

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.057so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Although the recurrence rate of osteomyelitis was higher in the Expandable group (Expandable: 5, 25%; Mesh: 6, 8.3%), the difference did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.057).

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