Adult's Degenerative Scoliosis: Midterm Results of Dynamic Stabilization without Fusion in Elderly Patients—Is It Effective?

Table 3

Radiologic outcome*.

	Preop	FU	% corr	P value
Scoliosis (°)	17.2° (12 to 38)	11.3° (4 to 26)	37.3% (13.3 to 61.5)	<0.05
Lordosis	−30.6° (3 to −39)	−35.8° (−10 to −55)	6.4% (0 to 17)	<0.05
TLJA	−2.8° (−25 to 23)	−0.4° (−18 to 25)	n.a.	n.a.
AVLL (cm)	1.2 (0.2 to 2)	0.8 (0.3 to 1.2)	30.7 (0 to 44.4)	<0.05
AVT (%)	19.5% (12 to 27)	17.5% (0 to 27)	14.9% (0 to 100)	<0.05

Mean value (range, minimum to maximum).
TLJA: thoracolumbar junction alignment (T10-L2).
AVLL: apical vertebra lateral listhesis.
AVT: anterior vertebral translation.
n.a.: not available.