Research Article

[Retracted] Relationship between Severity of Disease and Postoperative Neurological Recovery in Patients with Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Combined with Developmental Spinal Stenosis

Table 1

Comparison of clinical data and perioperative indexes in each group ( ± s).

IndexesMild group (n = 54)Moderate group (n = 42)Severe group (n = 18)F

Age (year)58.26 ± 8.1557.89 ± 6.3858.34 ± 10.460.0300.968
Gender (cases)Male34 (62.96%)23 (54.76%)14 (77.78%)2.8610.239
Female20 (37.04%)19 (45.24%)4 (22.22%)
High signalNone22 (40.74%)19 (45.24%)a3 (16.67%)ab
Changes ofPunctate change28 (51.85%)12 (28.57%)a2 (11.11%)ab21.593<0.001
Spinal cordLinear change4 (7.41%)11 (26.19%)a13 (72.22%)ab
Course of disease (year)7.46 ± 1.255.39 ± 1.04a2.15 ± 0.85ab157.330<0.001
Most severely compressed segmentsC3–5
C5–7
24 (44.44%)
30 (55.56%)
22 (52.38%)
20 (47.62%)
10 (55.56%)
8 (44.44%)
0.9490.622
First age of onset (year)54.16 ± 5.2656.86 ± 6.35a47.15 ± 5.48ab18.180<0.001
Preoperative VAS score1.49 ± 1.581.54 ± 1.261.46 ± 1.320.0200.976
Smoking history18 (33.33%)15 (35.71%)7 (38.89%)0.1940.907
Hypertension16 (29.63%)17 (40.48%)5 (27.78%)1.5480.461
Torg–Pavlov ratio0.71 ± 0.260.60 ± 0.28a0.41 ± 0.16ab9.570<0.001
Intraoperative bleeding volume (ml)343.19 ± 10.52339.15 ± 15.69335.85 ± 20.412.0600.132
Time of operation (min)172.63 ± 25.64176.15 ± 24.15180.15 ± 20.630.7000.497

Note. a compared with the mild group; b compared with the moderate group.