From: Preoperative MRI-based endplate quality: a novel tool for predicting cage subsidence after anterior cervical spine surgery
Level
Mean cervical EBQ score
95% CI
C3–4 (n = 12)
3.88 ± 1.04
3.22
4.54
C4–5 (n = 22)
3.92 ± 1.32
3.34
4.51
C5–6 (n = 84)
4.08 ± 1.11
3.84
4.32
C6–7 (n = 17)
4.81 ± 0.91
4.34
5.28