TABLE I.

Coronal Cobb Angle Measurements in the Control and Tethered Groups

	Control Group* (N = 6) (deg)	Tethered Group* (N = 6) (deg)	P Value
Preoperative	0.0 ± 0.4	−0.7 ± 0.5	0.65
Postoperative	2.2 ± 0.3	7.4 ± 0.7	0.09
1 month	0.3 ± 0.5	5.7 ± 0.5	0.011
2 months	1.8 ± 0.5	8.8 ± 0.7	0.008
3 months	3.7 ± 0.6	12.3 ± 0.6	0.003
4 months	4.2 ± 0.6	13.2 ± 0.7	0.003
5 months	2.5 ± 0.6	13.3 ± 1.2	0.007
6 months	4.5 ± 0.7	13.3 ± 1.0	0.013

^*The values are given as the mean and standard error of the mean.