Table 1 General information of 39 child patients
No. | Age (year) | Gender | Position of deformity | Follow-up time (month) | Type of deformity | Concomitant deformity | LOC of main bend > 5° after operation | Fixed segment length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1.5 | Female | L1 | 57.0 | hemivertebra | Bifid sacrum | Yes | 3 |
2 | 2.0 | Female | T12-L1 | 46.0 | hemivertebra | Â | Â | 4 |
3 | 2.0 | Male | L2 | 16.0 | hemivertebra | Malrotation of the left kidney | Â | 4 |
4 | 2.0 | Male | T6 | 23.0 | hemivertebra | Ventricular septal defect | Â | 4 |
5 | 2.0 | Male | L3 | 22.0 | hemivertebra | Â | Â | 4 |
6 | 2.0 | Male | T12,L3 | 12.0 | Multiple hemivertebrae | MVM | Yes | 4 |
7 | 2.0 | Male | T6-8 | 14.0 | Bone bridge | Fissure longitudinalis,TCS,Final-filament fat deposition | Â | 5 |
8 | 2.5 | Male | L2 | 24.0 | Butterfly vertebra | Lumbosacral spina bifida | Yes | 2 |
9 | 2.5 | Female | T10 | 16.0 | Hemivertebra | Bifid sacrum | Yes | 4 |
10 | 3.0 | Female | T11,T12,L1 | 41.0 | Butterfly vertebra, Bone bridge | Lumbosacral spina bifida | Â | 5 |
11 | 3.0 | Male | T4 | 20.0 | Hemivertebra | Â | Yes | 2 |
12 | 3.0 | Female | L5 | 46.0 | Hemivertebra | Lumbosacral spina bifida,Fissure longitudinalis,Lower spinal cord | Yes | 5 |
13 | 3.0 | Female | L5 | 12.0 | Butterfly vertebra | Anal stricture | Â | 3 |
14 | 3.0 | Female | L1 | 13.0 | Hemivertebra | Â | Yes | 4 |
15 | 3.0 | Male | T5,T7 | 18.0 | Multiple hemivertebrae | Multiple vertebral malformations | Â | 4 |
16 | 3.0 | Male | T3,T5 | 47.0 | Multiple hemivertebrae | Lower spinal cord,Spinal cyst | Â | 4 |
17 | 3.0 | Male | L4 | 14.0 | Hemivertebra | Bifid sacrum | Yes | 4 |
18 | 4.0 | Male | L2 | 18.0 | Hemivertebra | Â | Â | 4 |
19 | 4.0 | Female | L4-5 | 26.0 | Hemivertebra | Bifid sacrum | Yes | 2 |
20 | 4.0 | Male | T12 | 12.0 | Hemivertebra | Â | Â | 4 |
21 | 4.0 | Female | T5-6 | 13.0 | Hemivertebra | Anal stricture | Â | 4 |
22 | 4.0 | Male | L2 | 16.0 | Hemivertebra | Â | Â | 3 |
23 | 5.0 | Female | L1,L3 | 17.0 | Multiple hemivertebrae | MVM,Final-filament fat deposition | Yes | 4 |
24 | 5.0 | Female | T10 | 23.0 | Hemivertebra | Final-filament fat deposition | Yes | 2 |
25 | 5.5 | Male | T5-7 | 31.0 | Bone bridge | Lower spinal cord,Fissure longitudinalis,Lipoma terminalis | Â | 6 |
26 | 5.5 | Male | T9 | 31.0 | Hemivertebra | Â | Yes | 2 |
27 | 6.0 | Female | L5 | 26.0 | Hemivertebra | Lumbosacral spina bifida,Lower spinal cord,Fissure longitudinalis | Yes | 3 |
28 | 6.0 | Male | L2 | 14.0 | Hemivertebra | Â | Yes | 4 |
29 | 6.0 | Male | L5 | 12.0 | Hemivertebra | TCS,Fissure longitudinalis,syringomyelia,MVM | Yes | 3 |
30 | 7.0 | Female | T10 | 21.0 | Bone bridge | Bifid sacrum,Sacral cyst | Yes | 5 |
31 | 7.0 | Male | T3-7 | 23.0 | Bone bridge | Â | Â | 9 |
32 | 7.0 | Female | T11 | 51.0 | Hemivertebra | Lumbosacral spina bifida | Yes | 4 |
33 | 7.0 | Female | T11 | 12.0 | Hemivertebra | Â | Â | 4 |
34 | 8.0 | Female | T3-4 | 22.0 | Hemivertebra | Â | Yes | 4 |
35 | 9.0 | Male | T9,T9-T10 | 41.0 | Hemivertebra + Bone bridge | Fissure longitudinalis | Yes | 4 |
36 | 9.0 | Male | T10,T11 | 42.0 | Bone bridge | Bifid sacrum,Fissure longitudinalis | Â | 7 |
37 | 9.0 | Male | L4 | 16.0 | Hemivertebra | Bifid sacrum | Yes | 2 |
38 | 10.0 | Female | T3-6 | 17.0 | Bone bridge | Â | Â | 6 |
39 | 10.0 | Male | T5 | 16.0 | Bone bridge | Â | Â | 6 |