Table 2.

Diagnoses, Age at Surgery, Gender, and Spinal Parameters at Pre-op and Follow-up in the Growth Rod Group.

Growth rods	Diagnosis	Age	Gender	Follow-up time	Cobb angle		AVT		Kyphosis		Sagittal balance		Spine length		Coronal balance
					Pre	FU	Pre	FU	Pre	FU	Pre	FU	Pre	FU	Pre	FU
1	Congenital scoliosis	3	F	72	88	43	60	44	N/A				241	311	12	34
2	Congenital scoliosis	2.5	M	60	55	63	22	44					211	221	33	27
3	Congenital scoliosis	2.5	F	84	90	50	26	25					180	193	55	44
4	Infantile idiopathic scoliosis	5	F	36	70	30	40	26					273	306	30	4
5	Syndromic scoliosis, hemi L1, bony bar T12-L2	5	M	81	87	79	72	57					275	324	32	27
6	Syndromic scoliosis, NF, T4-10	8	F	77	73	61	42	57					308	404	32	29
7	Congenital scoliosis	7.5	F	54	58	59	52	52					281	300	16	23
8	Neuromuscular scoliosis	3.5	F	63	58	72	24	23					226	288	34	80
9	Neuromuscular scoliosis	7	M	60	79	47	70	52					212	251	8	13
10	Congenital scoliosis	6.5	F	57	80	60	44	30					258	273	22	21
11	Congenital scoliosis	8.5	M	34	77	71	16	30					230	247	71	52
12	Idiopathic scoliosis	8.5	F	53	49	33	48	29					304	369	18	44
13	Neuromuscular scoliosis	4	M	26	48	36	19	2					262	284	47	17
14	Congenital scoliosis	2	F	72	45	18	12	8					242	297	18	23
15	Congenital scoliosis	8	F	54	71	61	20	40					215	255	23	20
16	Congenital scoliosis	2.5	F	84	56	62	37	66					219	273	4	17
17	Congenital scoliosis	7	F	24	62	46	33	49					323	367	21	12
18	Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis	10	F	44	47	35	30	21					351	386	2	3
19	Syndromic kyphoscoliosis, Marfan	4	F	72	50	34	19	9	40	12	23	65	218	264	2	1
20	Congenital kyphoscoliosis	3	F	70	100	91	46	60	68	39	60	35	201	246	48	82
21	Neuromuscular kyphoscoliosis	7.5	M	60	67	46	51	18	85	56	39	7	235	283	52	33
22	Congenital kyphoscoliosis	10	M	24	70	57	15	67	91	53	3	32	184	251	44	33
23	Congenital scoliosis	4	M	116	52	44	23	18	67	56	7	18	218	326	5	62
24	Syndromic kyphoscoliosis, NF, T4-9	4.5	F	50	50	74	20	27	68	57	6	5	220	254	3	42
25	Syndromic (achondroplasia) kyphoscoliosis	3	M	91	53	29	26	21	54	47	24	27	240	311	8	23
26	Congenital kyphoscoliosis	4	M	84	42	41	29	28	32	11	40	33	282	322	57	2
	p-value (2-tailed)				0.0005		0.9		0.0009		0.8		<0.00001 (1-tailed)		0.6
	Average	5	16F & 10M	62	65	52	34	35	63	41	25	28	246	292	27	29
	Standard Deviation	3		22	16	18	17	18	20	19	20	19	43	51	20	21
	Maximum	10		116	100	91	72	67	91	57	60	65	351	404	71	82
	Minimum	2		24	42	18	12	2	32	11	3	5	180	193	2	1

TGR, traditional growth rods; FU, follow-up; AVT, apical vertebral translation; N/A, they didn’t have abnormal sagittal values and it was purely scoliosis.