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Table 4 Comparison of lower instrumented vertebra selection of the two groups

From: Distal adding-on after surgery in Lenke 5C adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: clinical and radiological outcomes

 

Adding-on group(n = 8)

No adding-on group(n = 38)

P value

LIV

 L2

0

2

0.154

 L3

7

17

 L4

1

19

 LBTV-LIV

0.9 ± 0.4

0.2 ± 0.5

0.005*

 LSTV-LIV

1.4 ± 0.5

0.6 ± 0.5

0.008*

 NV-LIV

1.4 ± 0.7

1.0 ± 0.7

0.234

 SV-LIV

1.9 ± 0.6

1.4 ± 0.6

0.109

  1. *Statistically significant, P < 0.05; LIV, lower instrumented vertebra
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