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 3 Preoperative and postoperative C2–C7 Cobb angles and SA.

Group	3D-printed group	TMC group	Statistical analysis	p-Value
C2–C7 Cobb (°)
Pre-OP	12.89±4.25	12.68±4.06	0.087	0.933
Post-OP 3M	23.72±3.83	16.76±2.43	3.758	0.004
Post-OP last	22.64±3.35	15.53±1.86	4.546	0.001
SA (°)
Pre-OP	5.71±1.51	5.84±1.70	−0.133	0.897
Post-OP 3M	10.73±2.96	7.47±1.92	2.267	0.047
Post-OP last	9.93±2.83	6.60±1.30	2.614	0.026

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