Table 3 the distribution of cases of each spinal region and the corresponding average improvement in alignment and functional outcome
Segment | n. of casesa | The Cobb angle (°, mean ± STD) | High KWC (n. of casesb) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | pre-operative | post-operative | correction | pre-operative | post-operative | improvement |
Cervical | 8 (10.5%) | 5.8 ± 3.6 | 14.4 ± 13.8 | 8.5 ± 15.2 | 1 (12.5%) | 7 (87.5%) | 6 |
 C3/4 | 3 (3.9%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 C4/5 | 3 (3.9%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 C6/7 | 2 (2.6%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Thoracic | 3 (3.9%) | 31.6 ± 7.7 | 32.3 ± 9.1 | 0.7 ± 1.4 | 0 | 2 (66.7%) | 2 |
 T10/11 | 1 (1.3%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 T11/12 | 2 (2.6%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Lumbar | 65 (85.5%) | 33.1 ± 11.6 | 37.6 ± 10.2 | 4.5 ± 9.6 | 12 (18.5%) | 56 (86.2%) | 44 |
 T12/L1 | 1 (1.3%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 L1/2 | 6 (7.9%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 L2/3 | 5 (6.6%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 L3/4 | 14 (18.4%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 L3–5 | 3 (3.9%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 L3-S1 | 1 (1.3%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 L4/5 | 26 (34.2%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 L4-S1 | 1 (1.3%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 L5/S1 | 8 (10.5%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |