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Table 4 Relationship between the ability to walk at discharge, the preoperative grade and the surgeon experience (logistic regression)

From: Thoracolumbar partial lateral corpectomy for the treatment of chronic intervertebral disc disease in 107 dogs

 

Odds ratio

Confidence interval

P-value

2.5 %

97.5 %

Preoperative grade (101 dogs)

Grade 3 (23 dogs)

8.05

1.66

47.44

0.01

Grade 4 (7 dogs)

4.56

0.16

74.05

0.29

Surgeon experience

Diplomate surgeon

0.14

0.02

0.69

0.02

  1. The odds ratios are presented with their 95 % confidence interval and p-values obtained with a multivariate logistic regression