Table 3 Improvement from baseline
From: Magnetically controlled growing rods in the management of early onset scoliosis: a systematic review
Endpoints | Baseline | Last FU | MD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean kyphosis angle (°) | 42.7 ± 9.5 | 31.8 ± 7.4 | − 10.9 | 0.04 |
Overall mean Cobb angle (°) | 68.2 ± 10.8 | 36.6 ± 8.5 | − 31.6 |  < 0.0001 |
Cobb angle of patients who received MCGR as primary procedure (°) | 66.0 ± 7.2 | 39.7 ± 4.0 | − 26.3 | 0.01 |
Cobb angle of patients who received MCGR as reivision procedure (°) | 45.7 ± 1.2 | 40.0 ± 3.5 | − 5.7 | 0.08 |
Cobb angle of patients who received dual rod MCGR (°) | 63.0 ± 9.9 | 36.0 ± 5.7 | − 27.0 | 0.04 |
Cobb angle of patients who received single rod MCGR (°) | 67.5 ± 0.7 | 41.0 ± 4.2 | − 26.5 | 0.04 |
Overall T1–S1 length (mm) | 183.6 ± 13.5 | 210.7 ± 10.8 | 27.1 | 0.0002 |
T1–S1 length of patients who received MCGR as primary procedure (mm) | 240.0 ± 35.4 | 290.5 ± 24.7 | 50.5 | 0.05 |
T1–S1 length of patients who received MCGR as revision procedure (mm) | 289.5 ± 23.3 | 307.0 ± 29.7 | 17.5 | 0.08 |
T1–S1 length of patients who received single rod MCGR (mm) | 301.0 ± 8.5 | 334.5 ± 17.7 | 33.5 | 0.06 |
T1–S1 length of patients who received dual rod MCGR (mm) | 299.3 ± 3.8 | 322.0 ± 38.2 | 22.7 | 0.3 |