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. 2005 Mar 11;14(5):480–486. doi: 10.1007/s00586-004-0843-9

Table 3.

Measurement of sagittal balance parameters for L5–S1 in degrees

  Average Minimum value Maximum value Standard deviation P value
Global lordosis preoperative 53.6 33 72 12.1 0.61
Global lordosis postoperative 54.7 39 65 8.9
L4–L5 lordosis preoperative 11.5 6 22 4.7 0.05
L4–L5 lordosis postoperative 9.6 1 18 5.1
L5–S1 lordosis preoperative 10.3 0 20 5.7 0.03
L5–S1 lordosis postoperative 15.2 6 22 6.4
ST preoperative 37.6 26 46 6 0.63
ST postoperative 38.2 26 47 5.9
PT preoperative 15.1 5 28 6.7 0.57
PT postoperative 14.5 4 28 7.2
Kyphosis preoperative 40.3 19 62 12.7 0.24
Kyphosis postoperative 41.7 22 55 10.2