Table 1.

Clinical and radiographic results of 22 severe scoliosis patients

Patients	Lenke type	Major curve Cobb angle (°)		Flexibility of major curve (%)	Correction rate of major curve (%)	Osteotomy	Operation time (min)	Blood loss (ml)	Fusion lever	Complication
Preoperatively IMPO
1	1C−	116	38	18	69	No	350	1,200	T3–L3
2	4AN	92	32	21	65	No	220	400	T2–L3
3	CON*	80	24	26	70	No	385	680	T3–L3
4	4A−	118	44	24	63	No	320	1,100	T4–L4
5	2A−	95	28	16	70	No	260	380	T2–L3
6	1AN	78	24	34	69	No	240	350	T5–L2
7	4CN	112	29	41	74	No	350	800	T2–L5
8	2A+	87	30	25	65	No	245	380	T2–L1
9	NM	98	28	34	71	No	280	450	T2–L3
10	3CN*	90/86	44/28	31/43	51/67	No	315	1,200	T4–L4
11	4A+	89	32	15	64	No	285	520	T3–L3
12	6CN	96	30	28	69	No	320	580	T4–L4
13	4B+	86	25	31	71	No	260	420	T2–L4
14	1AN	82	28	24	65	No	215	240	T3–L2
15	CON	105	42	14	60	Yes	420	1,800	T4–L4
16	NM	98	32	15	67	Yes	360	1,600	T5–L4
17	2AN	84	26	30	69	No	280	480	T3–L3
18	2A+	84	30	23	64	No	215	350	T2–L1
19	CON	120	40	15	67	Yes	380	2,000	T5–L4	Deep infection
20	4BN	78	24	31	69	No	220	700	T2–L4
21	NM	88	30	34	65	No	280	900	T5–L2
22	4BN	98	31	22	69	No	240	650	T2–L4

NM neuromuscular, CON congenital, IMPO immediate postoperative