Results of the meta-analysis comparing outcomes after surgery for cervical degenerative disease between osteoporotic and nonosteoporotic patients.
| Outcome | Osteoporosis | No osteoporosis | P value |
| Fusion rate at 6 mo | 85.0% ± 9.0% | 89.4% ± 7.4% | 0.708 |
| Fusion rate 1 y | 68.5% ± 9.4% | 91.3% ± 3.3% | 0.023 |