Empty polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cages in anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion (ACDF) show slow radiographic fusion that reduces clinical improvement: results from the prospective multicenter "PIERCE-PEEK" study.

Patient Saf Surg · 2017 · PMC5410058 · PMID 28465721

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highly significantp < 0.001actually significant

Radiographic fusion was a highly significant ( p < 0.001) predictor of the improvement of VAS and NDI scores.

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marginally significantno p-value reported

We did not need to dredge the data, selectively emphasize cherry-picked results that happened to be marginally significant, and/or engage in speculation about the meaning of the results.

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