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Table 3 Level of PCC, curve pattern, level of instrumentation and percentage deformity correction achieved in PCC patients

From: Is a persistent central canal a risk factor for neurological injury in patients undergoing surgical correction of scoliosis?

Patient number

Level of PCC

Curve pattern

Levels instrumented

Pre-operative Cobb angle

Post-operative Cobb angle

% correction

1

T3-L1

Thoraco-Lumbar

T11-L3

52

12

77

2

T3-T8

Thoracic

T2-T12

55

20

64

3

C5-L1

Thoracic

T2-L1

59

22

62

4

T8-T12

Thoraco-Lumbar

T11-L3

54

19

65

5

C4-T3

Thoracic

T2-L2

61

15

75

6

C6-T4

Thoracic

T2-L1

62

19

69

7

T3-T9

Thoracic

T2-L2

69

25

64

8

T7-L1

Thoraco-Lumbar

T11-L3

54

12

78

9

T5-T12

Thoraco-Lumbar

T12-L3

52

15

72

10

T6-L1

Thoracic

T2-L3

57

15

74

11

T4-T8

Thoracic

T2-L3

60

21

65

  1. PCC persistent central canal, C cervical, T thoracic, L lumbar