Although single-level and multilevel fusion were both well represented in our cohort, a nonsignificant trend toward a higher proportion of multilevel fusion was observed in patients with cage migration.
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Imaging-Based Quantitative Assessment of Cage Migration After Minimally Invasive Lumbar Interbody Fusion.
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Although the difference did not achieve significance, some prior studies have identified endplate compromise as an important contributor to cage instability [ 8 , 23 , 25 ].
In the present cohort, both parameters demonstrated numerically higher values in the migration group but failed to reach statistical significance.
Other variables, including body height, body weight, the proportion of multilevel fusion, and the presence of endplate violation, demonstrated numerical differences between groups but did not reach statistical significance. 3.2.