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Table 3 Comparative analysis between the balanced and imbalanced groups

From: How to rectify the convex coronal imbalance in patients with unstable dystrophic scoliosis secondary to type I neurofibromatosis: experience from a case series

 

Balanced group (n = 8)

Imbalanced group (n = 7)

p

Main Curve (°)

 Preoperative

83.4 ± 18.7

49.1 ± 17.0

0.001

 Postoperative

40.2 ± 14.8

17.0 ± 7.2

0.002

 Correction rate (%)

51.0 ± 14.9

65.9 ± 9.1

0.040

CBD (mm)

 Preoperative

49.0 ± 13.0

37.3 ± 12.9

0.105

 Postoperative

9.9 ± 10.5

44.6 ± 12.9

< 0.001

 Correction rate (%)

78.4 ± 25.1

−22.9 ± 29.7

< 0.001

Instrumentation mass inclination (°)

 Preoperative

14.7 ± 4.7

8.5 ± 3.4

0.013

 Postoperative

3.2 ± 3.1

10.3 ± 3.6

0.001

LIV tilt (°)

 Preoperative

21.0 ± 13.0

19.2 ± 7.6

0.754

 Postoperative

4.6 ± 6.6

8.3 ± 7.0

0.316

UIV tilt (°)

 Preoperative

−9.5 ± 7.7

−0.7 ± 8.1

0.049

 Postoperative

−3.4 ± 5.9

8.0 ± 2.3

< 0.001

UIV translation (mm)

 Preoperative

48.0 ± 14.3

34.7 ± 6.9

0.045

 Postoperative

12.3 ± 13.1

35.4 ± 6.9

0.001

UIV tilt + LIV tilt (°)

 Preoperative

11.5 ± 13.0

18.6 ± 9.9

0.257

 Postoperative

1.3 ± 9.6

16.3 ± 7.5

0.005

  1. UAI Upper arc inclination, LAI Lower arc inclination, UAT Upper arc translation, LAT Lower arc translation, LIV Lower instrumented vertebra, UIV Upper instrumented vertebra