Table 3.
Curve correction and complication comparison between the groups (mean with standard deviation in parentheses).
Midline |
Wiltse |
P
Value |
|
Postoperative Cobb angle (°) | 52.3 (20.9) | 61.8 (22.1) | .319 |
Cobb correction (°) | 29.8 (12.5) | 25.3 (16.3) | .496 |
Sacral slope (°) | 34.8 (18.0) | 28.5 (18.0) | .434 |
Lumbar lordosis (°) | 64.5 (22.0) | 51.3 (24.1) | .21 |
Thoracic kyphosis (°) | 31.8 (17.1) | 38.6 (14.8) | .331 |
Spino-sacral angle (°) | 1.6 (14.5) | 1.9 (14.2) | .962 |
Complication | |||
Infection | 2 | 3 | |
Metalware prominence | 1 | 0 | |
Rod breakage | 0 | 1 | |
Adjacent segment disease | 1 | 0 | |
Symptomatic seroma | 0 | 0 | |
Pseudarthrosis | 0 | 0 | |
Screw loosening | 0 | 0 | |
Reoperations | 2 | 3 | .736 |