Research Article

Spinopelvic Dissociation: Comparison of Outcomes of Percutaneous versus Open Fixation Strategies

Table 4

Postoperative outcomes on operatively treated patients. Note that blood loss was statistically significantly less in the percutaneous cohort.

Open 
Closed 
value

Pelvic incidence65.8°64.68°0.8413
Lumbar lordosis54.14°53.81°0.9568
Surgical site infection1 (6.67%)0 (0%)0.4839
Transfusion post-op3 (20%)7 (43%)0.2524
Operative time (minutes)3112820.6665
Estimated blood loss (cc)538170.0013
Hardware removal6 (40%)5 (31%)0.7160
Length of hospital stay (days)14.9117.450.5696
Length of follow-up (months)7.759.930.5042
OR charges$249,387.95$347,205.220.1837
OR cost63,963.13$83,705.800.2922