Research Article
Clinical Effect of Laminectomy with Lateral Mass Screw Fixation in Treating Cervical Schwannoma: A Retrospective Study
Table 5
Summary of postoperative complications.
| Complications | Laminectomy-only () | Lateral mass screw () | value |
| New/worsening sensory symptom | 2 (9.5%) | 2 (11.8%) | 0.758 | New/worsening weakness | 1 (4.8%) | 1 (5.9%) | 0.564 | CSF leak | 1 (4.8%) | 1 (5.9%) | 0.564 | Wound infection | 1 (4.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.915 | Spinal instability | 6 (28.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | <0.001 | Spinal deformity | 2 (9.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | <0.001 | Spinal instability/deformity | 8 (38.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | <0.001 |
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CSF: cerebrospinal fluid. By Fisher’s exact test. |