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Table 2 Comparison between pre-operative and post-operative radiological parameters

From: Inclusion of the fractured level into the construct of short segment fixation in patients with thoracolumbar fractures: clinical and radiological outcome

Parameter

Preoperative

Postoperative (final follow-up)

Mean percentage of improvement (%)

Cobb’s angle (mean)

19.37°

11.77°

41.6

Anterior vertebral body height (mean)

15.18 mm

18.04 mm

19.64

Posterior vertebral body height (mean)

19.41 mm

21.31 mm

10.12