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Table 2 Measurements of vertebral height ratio (VHR)

From: Plasticity of vertebral wedge deformities in skeletally immature patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis after posterior corrective surgery

 

1 week postoperatively

1 year postoperatively

p value

EV (n = 20)

 Anterior

1.017 ± 0.031

1.012 ± 0.055

0.823

 Middle

1.018 ± 0.026

1.006 ± 0.057

0.314

 Posterior

1.018 ± 0.033

1.007 ± 0.048

0.126

AV (n = 28)

 Anterior

0.881 ± 0.066

0.898 ± 0.054

0.179

 Middle

0.823 ± 0.093

0.845 ± 0.071

0.246

 Posterior

0.871 ± 0.064

0.889 ± 0.064

0.111

OV (n = 25)

 Anterior

0.938 ± 0.061

0.961 ± 0.071

0.006

 Middle

0.912 ± 0.081

0.932 ± 0.089

0.088

 Posterior

0.936 ± 0.055

0.948 ± 0.065

0.183

  1. Values are expressed as means ± standard deviations
  2. Wilcoxson signed-rank test
  3. EV indicates end vertebrae, AV vertebrae in the apical region, OV vertebrae other than EV and AV
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