Table 4 Number of patients (%) with pedicle to spinal cord distance less than 2 mm at apex vertebra by Lenke type.

From: In idiopathic scoliosis distances of spinal cord to thoracic pedicle are within 2 mm in a large region of the thoracic apex

 

Lenke Type

P-value‡

1

2

3

4

5

6

Total

30

17

7

3

5

11

 

Concave side

0.033

 \(\le \) 2.0 mm

24 (80.0)

13 (76.5)

5 (71.4)

3 (100)

1 (20.0)

5 (45.5)

 

 > 2.0 mm

6 (20.0)

4 (23.5)

2 (28.6)

0 (0.0)

4 (80.0)

6 (54.5)

 

Convex side

0.918

\( \le \) 2.0 mm

1 (3.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

 > 2.0 mm

29 (96.7)

17 (100)

7 (100)

3 (100)

5 (100)

11 (100)

 
  1. Significant values are in [italics].
  2. ‡Chi-Square test. A P-value of < 0.05 represents a significant difference.
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