Clinical Study

Polyetheretherketone Cages Alone with Allograft for Three-Level Anterior Cervical Fusion

Table 2

Clinical and radiographic results (mean ± SD).

PreopPostop 2 monthsPostop 1 year

JOA 1 0 . 7 ± 2 . 1 7 1 3 . 6 ± 1 . 4 7 1 4 . 1 ± 1 . 8 3
VAS 8 . 2 ± 1 . 2 3 2 . 7 ± 0 . 9 6 1 . 9 ± 1 . 0 3
FSA 1 . 3 ± 5 . 8 6 7 . 9 ± 3 . 6 2 7 . 0 ± 3 . 4 0
FSH 7 1 . 3 ± 3 . 5 6 7 5 . 9 ± 4 . 1 2 7 5 . 3 ± 3 . 9 0

JOA: Japanese Orthopaedic Association; VAS: visual analog scale; FSA: fused segment angle; FSH: fused segment height.