Comparative Analysis of 3D-Printed Artificial Vertebral Body Versus Titanium Mesh Cage in Repairing Bone Defects Following Single-Level Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion

07 February 2021 : Clinical Research

Tao Fang^1BCD, Ming Zhang^2BC, Jing Yan^2BF, Jiali Zhao^2CF, Wei Pan^2C, Xinhong Wang^2E, Quan Zhou^2ACG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.928022

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e928022

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Table 2 Preoperative and postoperative HAE, HPE, and subsidence rate.

Group	3D-printed group	TMC group	Statistical analysis	p-Value
HAE (mm)
Pre-OP	46.14±4.16	47.60±3.09	−0.694	0.503
Post-OP 3M	58.60±5.97	52.06±3.62	2.295	0.045
Post-OP Last	56.93±5.71	49.08±3.91	2.778	0.020
HPE (mm)
Pre-OP	44.49±3.12	45.5±3.38	−0.571	0.581
Post-OP 3M	55.37±4.70	48.80±4.07	2.588	0.027
Post-OP last	54.12±4.64	45.72±3.91	3.388	0.007
Rate of subsidence (>3 mm) (%)	0.01 (2/20)	0.24 (9/31)	19.039	0.000

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