Table 4.

Data of seven patients with the subsequent fracture after surgery

Case no.	Fusion levels	Levels of subsequent fx	Surgery to subsequent fx (mo)	Local kyphosis angle at subsequent fx (°)
				Immediately after surgery	Final follow-up
1	T7–L3	T8	1	1	5
		T10	6	3	3
		L1	12	16	20
2	T7–L3	T7	4	6	11
		T5	36	2	7
3	T7–L3	T6	3	7	9
		L4	36	−15	−12
8	T10–L2	L4	3	−16	−13
		L2	6	−3	1
10	T9–L3	T9	1	4	7
		L5	12	−34	−31
11	T4–T12	T4	1.5	14	15
12	T9–L2	T8	17	2	7

Subsequent fx = subsequent fracture