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Table 3 Perioperative spinopelvic parameters between hip flexion contracture and no significant contracture groups

From: Sustained hip flexion contracture after femoral lengthening in patients with achondroplasia

 

Hip FC group

(n = 13)

No significant contracture group

(n = 21)

Preoperative

postoperative

p-value

preoperative

postoperative

p-value

PI (°)

42.1 (36.3–50.2)*

53.3 (29.2–65.5)

0.068

35.6 (30.0–47.8)*

36.0 (28.5–52.1)

0.317

PT (°)

−2.5 (−6.7–12.2)*

− 5.0 (− 26.0–24.0)

0.011†

− 3.6 (− 7.3–6.0)*

− 3.0 (− 26.0–17.0)

0.317

SS (°)

44.6 (37.4–55.6)*

74.3 (45.0–107.0)

0.001†

39.1 (22.1–47.0)*

40.0 (20.0–72.0)

0.919

LL (°)

47.1 (37.2–54.3)*

66.7 (45.0–87.0)

0.001†

43.2 (40.1–51.9)*

48.0 (40.8–66.0)

0.281

  1. FC flexion contracture, PT, pelvic tilt, PI pelvic incidence, SS sacral slope, LL lumbar lordosis
  2. *Data presented in parenthesis represent the range
  3. †Statistically significant