The feasibility of transpedicular screw fixation of the subaxial cervical spine in the Arab population: a computed tomography-based morphometric study

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 3 Outer pedicle width of the subaxial cervical spine pedicles of Arab adults (N = 99; 990 pedicles)

Outer pedicle width	All patients		Males		Females		p value
Outer pedicle width	N	%	N	%	N	%	p value
C3							0.032
<4.5 mm	69	34.8	37	29.4	32	44.4
≥4.5 mm	129	65.2	89	70.6	40	55.6
C4							0.323
<4.5 mm	79	39.9	47	37.3	32	44.4
≥4.5 mm	119	60.1	79	62.7	40	55.6
C5							0.256
<4.5 mm	67	33.8	39	31.0	28	38.9
≥4.5 mm	131	66.2	87	69.0	44	61.1
C6							0.004
<4.5 mm	51	25.8	24	19.0	27	37.5
≥4.5 mm	147	74.2	102	81.0	45	62.5
C7							0.149
<4.5 mm	29	14.6	15	11.9	14	19.4
≥4.5 mm	169	85.4	111	88.1	58	80.6