Instrumentation Removal following Minimally Invasive Posterior Percutaneous Pedicle Screw-Rod Stabilization (PercStab) of Thoracolumbar Fractures Is Not Always Required

Table 1

Demographics.

	Sample (N = 32)		NRG (n = 26)		IRG (n = 6)
	Mean	Range	Mean	Range	Mean	Range
Age	38.3	(18–61)	40.7	(18–61)	27.6	(19–36)
Gender
Male	24		19		5
Females	8		7		1
BMI	22.1	(17.3–34.3)	23.7	(18.8–34.4)	20.8	(17.3–29.5)
Injury Severity Score	9.5	(8–41)	9	(8–34)	9.5	(9–27)
Numeric pain rating scale	7	(3–10)	7	(3–10)	7	(5–9)
	%		%		%
Comorbidities
Diabetic	6.2		7.7		0
Smoker	6.2		7.7		0
Morbidly obese	3.1		3.8		0
Mechanism of injury
MVC	75		73		67
Fall	25		27		33
Polytrauma	40.62		34.61		66.67