Table 3.
the distribution of cases of each spinal region and the corresponding average improvement in alignment and functional outcome
| Segment | n. of casesa | The Cobb angle (°, mean ± STD) | High KWC (n. of casesb) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pre-operative | post-operative | correction | pre-operative | post-operative | improvement | ||
| Cervical | 8 (10.5%) | 5.8 ± 3.6 | 14.4 ± 13.8 | 8.5 ± 15.2 | 1 (12.5%) | 7 (87.5%) | 6 |
| C3/4 | 3 (3.9%) | ||||||
| C4/5 | 3 (3.9%) | ||||||
| C6/7 | 2 (2.6%) | ||||||
| Thoracic | 3 (3.9%) | 31.6 ± 7.7 | 32.3 ± 9.1 | 0.7 ± 1.4 | 0 | 2 (66.7%) | 2 |
| T10/11 | 1 (1.3%) | ||||||
| T11/12 | 2 (2.6%) | ||||||
| Lumbar | 65 (85.5%) | 33.1 ± 11.6 | 37.6 ± 10.2 | 4.5 ± 9.6 | 12 (18.5%) | 56 (86.2%) | 44 |
| T12/L1 | 1 (1.3%) | ||||||
| L1/2 | 6 (7.9%) | ||||||
| L2/3 | 5 (6.6%) | ||||||
| L3/4 | 14 (18.4%) | ||||||
| L3–5 | 3 (3.9%) | ||||||
| L3-S1 | 1 (1.3%) | ||||||
| L4/5 | 26 (34.2%) | ||||||
| L4-S1 | 1 (1.3%) | ||||||
| L5/S1 | 8 (10.5%) | ||||||
a, the percentage in brackets is for all the 76 patients
b, the percentage in brackets is for patients with the corresponding surgical region
High KWC means good or excellent