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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with or without postoperative pulmonary complications

From: Risk factors of postoperative pulmonary complications after primary posterior fusion and hemivertebra resection in congenital scoliosis patients younger than 10 years old: a retrospective study

 

Total (n=174)

Post pulmonary complications

p

Yes (n=18)

No (n=156)

Sex

 Male

100 (57.5%)

11 (61.1%)

89 (57.1%)

0.806

 Female

74 (42.5%)

7 (38.9%)

67 (42.9%)

Age ( years old)

3 [2,5]

4.5 [2.75,6.25]

3 [2,5]

0.342

Weight (Kilogram)

18.0+6.5

19.9+8.1

17.8+6.3

0.199

History of recent upper respiratory infection

22 (12.6%)

3 (16.7%)

19 (12.2%)

0.705

Other congenital deformities

 Congenital heart disease

18(10.3%)

2(11.1%)

16 (10.3%)

0.806

 Congenital digestive deformities

9 (5.2%)

0

9 (5.8%)

0.600

 Congenital urological deformities

6 (3.4%)

1 (5.6%)

5 (3.2%)

0.486

 Congenital neural deformities

6 (3.4%)

0

6 (3.8%)

1.000

 Other

7 (4.0%)

0

7 (4.5%)

1.000

Rib anomalies

   

0.595

 Fused ribs

11 (6.3%)

2 (11.1%)

9 (5.8%)

 

 Defect of ribs

3 (1.7%)

0

3 (1.9%)

 

 Forked ribs

2 (1.1%)

0

2 (1.3%)

 

Segmental Cobb angle (°)

40+12

44+14

40+12

0.184

Total Cobb angle (°)

35+13

39+13

34+12

0.162

Kyphosis (°)

20+16

25+19

19+16

0.170

Correction of totalCobb angle (%)

76.5+19.3

74.2+19.8

76.7+19.2

0.590

Correction of segmental Cobb angle (%)

73.3+22.3

74.9+26.4

73.1+21.8

0.743

Correction of kyphosis (%)

57.2+48.8

74.9+59.7

55.2+47.2

0.104

Main curve

   

0.120

 Thoracic

37 (21.3%)

7 ((38.6%)

30 (19.2%)

 

 Thoracolumbar

59 (33.9%)

6 (33.3%)

53 (34.0%)

 

 Lumbar

78 (44.8%)

5 (27.8%)

73 (46.8%)

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