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Table 2 The clinical indicators before and after surgery and the postoperative complications of patients

From: A novel classification on degenerative thoracolumbar kyphosis based on sagittal spino-pelvic alignment: should the thoracolumbar segments be intervened?

 

Preoperation point

End point

Δ

VAS-low back

5.3 ± 3.6

2.1 ± 1.9

3.1 ± 3.0

VAS-leg

7.5 ± 3.9

2.8 ± 1.5

4.8 ± 3.2

ODI

40.2 ± 13.0

8.7 ± 4.7

31.3 ± 7.6

Odom’s criteria (excellect-good-fair-poor)

0-8-63-174

158-67-18-2

 

Complications

 

PJK (proximal junctional kyphosis)

3 (none with obvious symptoms)

Internal fixation loosening or fracture

0

Dural rupture

8 (with routine conservative treatment)

ASD (adjacent segment degeneration)

13 (all with conservative treatment)

SSI (surgical site infection)

3 (the wound promptly cleaned)

Reoperation

4 (three for cervical spine surgery and one for thoracic MISS)

  1. Δ: The change of variable between postoperation and preoperation