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Table 1 Surgical outcomes in patients with PT curve fused (Group A, n = 14)

From: Full fusion of proximal thoracic curve helps to prevent postoperative cervical tilt in Lenke type 2 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients with right-elevated shoulder

 

Preoperative

Postoperative

Last follow-up

Cervical tilt(°)

9.6 ± 2.6

4.0 ± 1.4a

5.0 ± 3.5a

T1 tilt(°)

12.3 ± 3.4

5.8 ± 2.6a

6.6 ± 4.7a

PT curve(°)

44.7 ± 8.5

15.8 ± 6.7a

18.5 ± 7.9a

MT curve(°)

51.7 ± 11.8

15.6 ± 7.5a

17.2 ± 6.2a

PT AVT(mm)

9.2 ± 4.0

4.1 ± 4.0a

4.8 ± 4.5a

MT AVT(mm)

28.1 ± 7.8

4.3 ± 5.0a

5.0 ± 5.3a

RSH(mm)

−4.6 ± 3.5

4.9 ± 7.3a

5.5 ± 5.7a

CL

0.6 ± 11.1

−1.7 ± 9.3

−1.1 ± 9.0

PTK

13.9 ± 4.3

15.4 ± 3.7

14.8 ± 2.9

MTK

16.7 ± 7.7

18.1 ± 6.3

18.3 ± 4.4

  1. PT: proximal thoracic curve, MT: main thoracic curve, AVT: apical vertebrae translation, RSH: radiographic shoulder height, CL: cervical lordosis, PTK: proximal thoracic kyphosis, MTK: main thoracic kyphosis * means the difference is statistically significant