Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

Table 3 Details of the correction of kyphotic angle and sagittal vertical axis

From: Incidence and risk factors of neurological complications during posterior vertebral column resection to correct severe post-tubercular kyphosis with late-onset neurological deficits: case series and review of the literature

Patient no.	Kyphotic angle/°					SVA/mm
Patient no.	Pre-op	Immediate post-op	Correction	Last follow-up	Loss of correction	Pre-op	Immediate post-op	Correction	Last follow-up	Loss of correction
1	90	33	57	35	2	45	21	24	25	4
2	75	25	50	27	2	31	10	21	12	2
3	102	38	64	41	3	69	15	44	16	1
4	80	39	41	42	3	14	42	−28	36	−6
5	85	22	63	23	1	42	39	3	51	12
6	106	45	61	55	10	−5	31	−36	62	31
7	86	27	59	29	2	45	33	12	42	9
8	98	24	74	30	6	118	5	113	−28	−33
9	86	36	50	40	4	44	12	30	17	5
10	94	28	66	33	5	60	11	49	19	8
11	107	40	67	43	3	43	14	29	20	6
12	128	30	98	36	6	109	18	91	22	4
13	81	25	56	28	3	−54	−19	35	8	27
Mean	93.7 ± 14.4	31.7 ± 7.3*	62.0 ± 13.8	35.5 ± 8.6*	3.8 ± 2.4	43.2 ± 44.4	17.8 ± 16.2^#	29.8 ± 40.9	23.2 ± 22.2^#	5.4 ± 15.3

SVA sagittal vertical axis, pre-op pre-operation, post-op post-operation. *P = 0.001 compared with pre-op; ^#P > 0.05 compared with pre-op

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