The Role of Minimally Invasive Techniques in Scoliosis Correction Surgery

Table 2

Patient demographic data for MIS approach versus open approach.

	MIS patients	Open patients	value
Age	64.5 years (mean)	58.1 years (mean)	0.1442
Gender	35.7% male	25.9% male	0.5304
Race	100% Caucasian	86.01% Caucasian, 4.15% African American, 9.84% other	0.3243
Insurance type	10 private, 4 Medicare	108 private, 77 Medicare, 7 Medicaid, 1 other	0.6694
Smoking status	11 never smoked, 3 quit more than 12 months ago	119 never smoked, 53 quit more than 12 months ago, 21 current smokers or smoked within last 12 months	0.4284
BMI	26.1 (mean)	26.8 (mean)	0.6242
Comorbidities	2.43 comorbidities per patient (cardiac, renal, pulmonary, endocrine, or hypertension)	2.8 comorbidities per patient (cardiac, renal, pulmonary, endocrine, or hypertension)	0.4499