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Table 4 Results at +- 5°

From: "Brace Technology" Thematic Series - The Lyon approach to the conservative treatment of scoliosis

 

Improvement >5°

Stable +-5°

Progression > 5°

Lyon Thoracic (thoracic) 285 cases

140 54.26%

85 32.95%

33 12.79%

Lyon Thoracic (double major) 351 cases

208 59.26%

127 36.18%

16 4.57%

Lyon Thoraco-Lumbar 279 cases

189 67.74%

76 27.24%

14 5.02%

Lyon Lumbar 450 cases

362 80.44%

84 18.66%

4 0.88%

Total 1338 cases

899 67.19%

372 27.80%

67 5.00%

  1. - Good, i.e. an improvement of more than 5° according to the initial curve
  2. - Stable, i.e. +- 5° according to the initial curve
  3. - Failure, i.e. a progression of more than 5° according to the initial curve For double major scoliosis, half the sum of the two curves is compared.
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