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Table 1 Baseline characteristics, indications, and perioperative outcomes of patients who underwent rib-sparing unilateral transpedicular thoracic corpectomy

From: A rib-sparing unilateral transpedicular thoracic corpectomy using the ultrasonic bone scalpel: a novel technique and pictorial guide

Baseline Characteristics:

 

Number of Patients

32

Mean Age

63

Indication (%):

 

Oncologic

22 (69%)

Infectious

3 (9%)

Degenerative/Traumatic

7 (22%)

Perioperative Outcomes:

 

Number of Corpectomies

36

Mean EBL (mL)

853

Mean Operative Time (minutes)

178

Mean Length of Stay (days)

6.5

Complications (%)

 

Iatrogenic Durotomy (n = 1), Post-operative infection (n = 1)

2 (6.1%)

None

31(93.9%)