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Table 5 Clinical results
| Success | Failure | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Standard deviation | P | Average | Standard deviation | P | ||
| Scoliosis curves (Cobb degrees) | Thoracic | -3.89 | 6.26 | 0.0001 | 2.33 | 17.90 | NS |
| Thoracolumbar | -7.41 | 7.22 | 0.0001 | 5.00 | |||
| Lumbar | -6.67 | 6.79 | 0.0001 | -7.00 | 2.83 | NS | |
| Maximum | -6.32 | 7.03 | 0.0001 | 0.00 | 15.77 | NS | |
| Main curves | -6.37 | 7.36 | 0.0001 | 0.44 | 17.57 | NS | |
| ATR (degrees) | Thoracic | -2.73 | 2.34 | 0.0001 | -1.63 | 4.24 | NS |
| Thoracolumbar | -3.65 | 2.84 | 0.0001 | -7.50 | 3.54 | NS | |
| Lumbar | -3.58 | 3.05 | 0.0001 | -4.50 | 0.71 | NS | |
| Plumbline distances (mm) | C7 | -7.90 | 11.82 | 0.0001 | 0.91 | 18.82 | NS |
| T12 | -8.15 | 31.00 | 0.0500 | -0.91 | 16.25 | NS | |
| L3 | -2.98 | 13.92 | NS | 0.45 | 18.77 | NS | |
| C7+L3 | -10.89 | 20.68 | 0.0001 | 1.36 | 27.21 | NS | |
| Decompensation (mm) | Lateral | -3.8 7 | 11.92 | 0.0500 | -5.45 | 14.40 | NS |
| Sagittal | 3.15 | 14.29 | NS | 2.73 | 13.30 | NS | |
| TRACE (points) | -3.02 | 2.34 | 0.0001 | -1.32 | 2.77 | NS | |
