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Table 2 Comparison of preoperative radiographic parameters between group A and B

From: Predictors for the restoration of the sagittal spinal malalignment in patients with lumbar stenosis after short-segment decompression and fusion surgery

 

Group A (n = 44)

Group B (n = 38)

p value

SVA (cm)

4.79 ± 4.36

6.49 ± 3.68

0.062

TK (°)

33.50 ± 12.51

34.05 ± 12.01

0.840

LL (°)

38.68 ± 12.23

40.16 ± 13.89

0.611

SS (°)

29.00 ± 7.43

32.27 ± 10.38

0.102

PI (°)

56.53 ± 8.95

51.51 ± 9.70

0.017a

PT (°)

27.40 ± 5.82

19.30 ± 7.32

 < 0.001a

PI-LL (°)

17.85 ± 10.57

11.36 ± 11.44

0.009a

PTr

0.48 ± 0.09

0.38 ± 0.16

0.001a

  1. SVA Sagittal vertical axis, TK Thoracic kyphosis, LL Lumbar lordosis, SS Sacral slope, PI Pelvic incidence, PT Pelvic tilt, PI-LL Pelvic incidence minus lumbar lordosis, PTr Pelvic tilt and pelvic incidence ratio;
  2. aStatistical significance at the level of 0.05
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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