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07 February 2021: Clinical Research

Comparative Analysis of 3D-Printed Artificial Vertebral Body Versus Titanium Mesh Cage in Repairing Bone Defects Following Single-Level Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion

Tao Fang BCD* , Ming Zhang BC* , Jing Yan BF , Jiali Zhao CF , Wei Pan C , Xinhong Wang E , Quan Zhou ACG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.928022

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e928022

Table 2 Preoperative and postoperative HAE, HPE, and subsidence rate.

Group3D-printed groupTMC groupStatistical analysisp-Value
HAE (mm)
 Pre-OP46.14±4.1647.60±3.09−0.6940.503
 Post-OP 3M58.60±5.9752.06±3.622.2950.045
 Post-OP Last56.93±5.7149.08±3.912.7780.020
HPE (mm)
 Pre-OP44.49±3.1245.5±3.38−0.5710.581
 Post-OP 3M55.37±4.7048.80±4.072.5880.027
 Post-OP last54.12±4.6445.72±3.913.3880.007
Rate of subsidence (>3 mm) (%)0.01 (2/20)0.24 (9/31)19.0390.000

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