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Table 4 Comparison of postoperative 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)

3.30 ± 3.54

1.88 ± 2.53

0.043a

TK (°)

34.81 ± 11.20

36.22 ± 12.85

0.595

LL (°)

41.33 ± 10.70

48.54 ± 11.07

0.004a

SS (°)

29.24 ± 7.54

35.39 ± 8.11

0.001a

PI (°)

56.06 ± 9.03

51.34 ± 9.08

0.021a

PT (°)

26.72 ± 5.58

15.78 ± 3.81

 < 0.001a

PI-LL (°)

14.73 ± 8.57

2.79 ± 9.02

 < 0.001a

PTr

0.48 ± 0.09

0.31 ± 0.08

 < 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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