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Table 3 Preoperative and follow-up radiological parameters

From: Posterior instrumentation combined with anterior debridement and reconstruction using allogenic strut bone for the treatment of children with multilevel lumbar spinal tuberculosis: minimum 5-year follow-up

Variable

Preoperative

Postoperative

Final follow-up

Kyphosis angle (°)

29.9 ± 8.1 (16.5–42.1)

5.9 ± 2.6 (1.0–11.0)*

8.4 ± 2.9 (2.0–13.2)**

Correction rate 1 (%)

 

80.3 ± 6.9 (71.0–96.3)

 

Correction rate 2 (%)

  

71.3 ± 8.2 (55.1–94.7)

Correction loss rate (%)

  

9.0 ± 4.3 (1.6–19.4)

LL (°)

24.3 ± 4.9 (15.0–32.6)

38.4 ± 3.3 (32.0–43.0)*

42.2 ± 2.9 (35.9–45.7)**

PI-LL (°)

14.6 ± 3.8 (8.2–23.5)

0.5 ± 2.2 (−3.4–3.9)*

1.4 ± 2.1 (− 1.8–4.6)**

  1. Correction rate 1 = %(preoperative-postoperative)/ preoperative; Correction rate 2 = %(preoperative-final follow-up)/preoperative; Correction loss rate = %(final follow-up- postoperative)/preoperative
  2. LL Lordosis, PI Pelvic incidence
  3. *: postoperative vs. preoperative P<0.001; **: final follow-up vs. preoperative P<0.001