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Table 2 Vertebral anomalies in patients with congenital scoliosis and SCM

From: Radiographic characteristics in congenital scoliosis associated with split cord malformation: a retrospective study of 266 surgical cases

characteristics

Type I (n = 104)

Type II (n = 162)

P

Vertebral deformities, n (%)

  

0.001*

 Failure of segmentation

21 (20.2)

55 (34.0)

 

 Failure of formation

11 (10.6)

34 (21.0)

 

 Mixed type

72 (69.2)

73 (45.1)

 

Malformation, n (%)

  

0.015*

 Single malformation

10 (9.6)

34 (21.0)

 

 Multiple malformation

94 (90.4)

128 (79.0)

 

Levels of vertebral deformities, n

5.1 ± 2.5

3.9 ± 2.2

< 0.001*

Location of deformities, n (%)

  

0.004*

 T

65 (62.5)

126 (77.8)

 

 L

4 (3.8)

10 (6.2)

 

 T + L

35 (33.7)

26 (16.0)

 

Exuberant neural arches, n (%)

  

< 0.001*

 with

32 (30.8)

21 (13.0)

 

 without

72 (69.2)

141 (87.0)

 
  1. SCM split cord malformation; * means statistical difference