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Table 1 Demographic data and preoperative curve characteristics of patients

From: Significant variability in surgeons’ preferred correction maneuvers and instrumentation strategies when planning adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery

Patient numbers

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

Age at surgery (years)

13

14

18

18

18

Lenke type

1A

1A

1A

1B

1C

Proximal thoracic Cobb angle (°)

38

45

34

39

49

Main thoracic (MT) Cobb angle (°)

54

47

48

66

66

Lumbar Cobb angle (°)

34

35

22

50

56

MT curve flexibility (% reduction)

54

73

60

28

44

Thoracic kyphosis (T5-T12) (°)

19

15

23

9

25

Lumbar lordosis (T12-S1) (°)

48

41

58

51

44

Apical vertebral rotation (°)

19

16

23

22

19

Selected fusion levels

T4-L1

T4-T12

T4-L1

T2-L2

T3-L1