Table 1.

Data on 23 patients and the Cobb angle of the main thoracic curve (MTC) and the secondary lumbar curve (LC)

Patient No.	Age (years)	Curve type	Curve length	Fusion length	Preop MTC	Bending MTC	Postop MTC	Follow-up MTC	Preop LC	Bending LC	Postop LC	Follow-up LC
1	14	1C+	T6-T11	T6-T12	50	22	28	30	43	12	40	34
2	19	1A−	T5-T12	T6-T12	56	12	18	18	30	0	15	12
3	14	1CN	T6-T11	T6-T11	60	33	30	34	45	17	30	30
4	17	2BN	T6-T12	T5-T11	76	63	33	39	45	20	25	34
5	13	1CN	T6-T12	T6-T12	70	44	28	32	50	24	29	32
6	17	1BN	T6-T11	T6-T11	54	45	27	29	40	15	28	28
7	13	1B+	T5-T12	T5-T12	77	46	34	37	48	7	32	28
8	12	1C+	T7-T12	T7-L1	79	42	29	28	55	18	35	28
9	16	1B+PT	T6-T12	T6-T12	76	45	36	39	46	16	26	27
10	15	1BN	T6-T12	T6-T12	60	34	32	32	36	5	23	24
11	17	2A−	T5-T11	T5-T11	63	54	33	33	13	-20	2	8
12	15	1BN	T7-T12	T5-T12	50	20	21	25	42	7	29	26
13	12	3BN	T6-T12	T6-L2	85	60	30	30	53	34	35	35
14	12	1A−	T6-T12	T6-T12	74	24	24	28	35	5	32	20
15	16	2A+	T5-T12	T6-L1	70	35	19	18	30	8	5	2
16	18	1C−	T7-T12	T7-L3	66	43	30	30	58	10	15	18
17	17	1CN	T6-T12	T6-T12	58	35	22	25	48	20	25	27
18	14	1B+	T6-T12	T6-T12	57	25	35	35	35	0	28	18
19	15	2BN	T5-T11	T5-T11	65	46	28	28	40	14	20	16
20	15	2CN	T6-T12	T6-T12	74	42	28	32	52	16	38	31
21	19	1BN	T7-T12	T7-T12	50	32	20	23	33	4	23	26
22	14	1A−	T6-T12	T6-T12	80	43	32	35	31	18	15	16
23	12	1A+	T6-T12	T6-T12	83	32	35	38	40	13	28	19
Average	15.0				66.6±11.2	38.1±12.5	28.3±5.4	30.3±5.9	41.2±10.2	11.4±10,5	25.1±9,6	23.4±8.7