Skip to main content
. 2010 Feb 25;468(7):1830–1837. doi: 10.1007/s11999-010-1280-1

Table 4.

Numbers of displaced and total inserted screws

Disease Apical screws Terminal screws Total screws Convex side Concave side
Displaced Inserted Displaced Inserted Displaced Inserted Displaced Inserted Displaced Inserted
AIS 15 27 28 74 43 101 20 52 23 49
CP 9 28 31 92 38 120 20 64 18 56
DMD 6 29 31 95 37 124 17 64 20 60
SMA 9 27 23 65 32 92 19 48 13 44
Polio 3 13 15 32 18 45 10 23 8 22
Total 42 124 128 358 168 482 86 251 82 231
p Value 0.705     0.775

AIS = adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; CP = cerebral palsy; DMD = Duchenne muscular dystrophy; SMA = spinal muscular atrophy; polio = poliomyelitis.