Comparison of Two Reconstructive Techniques in the Surgical Management of Four-Level Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy

Table 1

Characteristics of the patients.

	ACDF group ()	SCF group ()	value
Age (year)	57.3 ± 8.0	56.7 ± 6.3	0.259
Gender (male/female)	18/9	13/8	0.518
Disease course (month)	11.2 ± 13.7	10.7 ± 8.1	0.121
Duration of follow-up (month)	34.7 ± 6.9	33.1 ± 8.4	0.156
Operated segments	C3–7	C3–7
Operation time (minute)	152.6 ± 24.2	148.3 ± 25.9	0.733
Blood loss (mL)	161.1 ± 42.4	292.9 ± 67.6	0.02

Values shown are means ± SD. ACDF: anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; SCF: “skip” corpectomy and fusion. .