Single rod instrumentation in patients with scoliosis and co-morbidities: Indications and outcomes

Table 2 Type and size of deformity among our patients in groups A and B

Group	Type of scoliosis	No. of patients	Thoracic scoliosis (meanpreop/postop; degrees);(%correction)	Double thoracic scoliosis(mean preop/postop;degrees); (%correction)	Thoracic/lumbar scoliosis(mean preop/postop; degrees);(%correction)	Triple thoracic/lumbar scoliosis(mean preop/postop; degrees);(%correction)	Thoracic kyphoscoliosis(mean preop/postop;degrees); (%correction)
A – Complex deformity	Syndromic	21	78/30 (62%); 8 patients	Upper TH: 46/19 (59%) main TH: 60/24 (60%); 5 patients	TH: 55/18 (67%) L: 43/15 (65%); 4 patients	Upper TH: 32/6 (81%) main TH: 61/28 (54%) L: 52/25 (52%); 2 patients	Scoliosis: 120/48 (60%) kyphosis: 103/60 (42%); 2 patients
	Early onset idiopathic	17 (infantile: 9; juvenile: 8)	99/34 (66%); 4 patients	Upper TH: 53/25 (53%) main TH: 81/47 (42%); one patient	TH: 89/36 (60%) L: 70/27 (61%); 6 patients	Upper TH: 49/15 (69%) main TH: 84/30 (64%) L: 52/20 (62%); 5 patients	Scoliosis: 56/31 (45%) kyphosis: 122/65 (47%); one patient
	Congenital	13	58/36 (38%); 6 patients	Upper TH: 39/22 (44%) main TH: 76/40 (47%); 2 patients	TH: 75/38 (49%) L: 68/36 (47%); 3 patients	Upper TH: 41/15 (63%) main TH: 55/25 (55%) L: 44/22 (50%); one patient	Scoliosis: 70/31 (56%) kyphosis: 75/35 (53%); one patient
	Neuromuscular	5	66/19 (71%); 2 patients	-	TH: 79/31 (61%) L: 65/28 (57%); 3 patients	-	-
	Associated with intraspinal anomalies	6	82/36 (56%); 6 patients	-	-	-
B – Conversion of growing rods to definitive fusion	Syndromic	10	91/39 (57%); 6 patients	-	TH: 93/52 (44%) L: 69/37 (46%); 4 patients	-	-
	Infantile idiopathic	6	74/28 (62%); 2 patients	Upper TH: 59/34 (42%) main TH: 100/55 (45%); one patient	TH: 61/38 (38%) L: 101/52 (49%); one patient	-	Scoliosis: 63/32 (49%) kyphosis: 104/61 (41%); 2 patients
	Congenital	4	77/38 (51%); 4 patients	-	-	-	-
	Neuromuscular	1	-	-	-	-	Scoliosis: 65/25 (62%) kyphosis: 78/50 (36%); one patient