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Table 4 Radiological outcomes between patients with different ages

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

 

Age ≤ 5 years (4.2 ± 0.8)

Age>5 years (8.2 ± 1.3)

P value

Follow-up time (years)

7.4 ± 2.3 (5–11)

8.0 ± 2.6 (5–12)

0.663

Kyphosis angle (°)

 Preoperative

30.1 ± 9.5 (17.6–41.3)

29.9 ± 7.8 (16.5–42.1)

0.966

 Postoperative

5.5 ± 3.4 (1.4–11.0)

6.1 ± 2.3 (1.0–9.6)

0.711

 Correction rate 1 (%)

80.5 ± 9.9 (71.0–96.3)

80.1 ± 5.7 (72.7–93.9)

0.920

 Final follow-up

7.6 ± 4.0 (2.0–13.2)

8.7 ± 2.5 (4.2–12.1)

0.521

 Correction rate 2 (%)

72.3 ± 14.3 (55.1–94.7)

70.8 ± 4.3 (63.6–76.2)

0.747

 Correction loss rate (%)

8.2 ± 5.5 (1.6–15.9)

9.3 ± 4.0 (5.7–19.4)

0.610

LL (°)

 Preoperative

23.1 ± 4.8 (15.0–27.0)

24.9 ± 5.1 (17.0–32.6)

0.527

 Postoperative

37.1 ± 3.6 (32.0–41.5)

39.0 ± 3.1 (32.5–43.0)

0.300

 Final follow-up

41.0 ± 2.8 (38.5–44.5)

42.8 ± 2.9 (35.9–45.7)

0.264

PI-LL (°)

 Preoperative

14.8 ± 3.3 (11.8–20.0)

14.5 ± 4.2 (8.2–23.5)

0.895

 Postoperative

0.7 ± 1.6 (−1.0–2.9)

0.3 ± 2.5 (−3.4–3.9)

0.739

 Final follow-up

1.8 ± 1.1 (0.1–3.0)

1.2 ± 2.4 (−1.8–4.6)

0.482

  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