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Table 4 Follow-up data of the imbalanced group

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

 

Postoperative

Latest FU

*p

Main curve (°)

17.0 ± 7.2

16.9 ± 8.3

0.894

Kyphosis (°)

0.0 ± 10.7

0.3 ± 12.6

0.975

Coronal balance (mm)

44.6 ± 12.9

12.6 ± 9.6

0.002

Instrumentation mass inclination (°)

10.3 ± 3.6

4.7 ± 3.4

< 0.001

UIV translation

35.4 ± 6.9

16.3 ± 8.5

0.002

UIV disc angle

1.6 ± 1.5

5.1 ± 5.1

0.095

LIV tilt

8.3 ± 7.0

1.0 ± 7.6

0.008

Ratio of CBD < 3 cm

100%

UIV translation / CBD (%)

63.3 ± 36.2

  1. LIV Lower instrumented vertebra, UIV Upper instrumented vertebra, CBD coronal balance distance