Cervical degenerative changes in idiopathic scoliosis patients who underwent long fusion to the sacrum as adults: incidence, severity, and evolution

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 3 Comparing the summary of factor scores in all groups

Factors	AIS adult with 30–50° scoliosis, not fused		Long fusion to sacrum, pre-fusion surgery		Long fusion to sacrum, post- surgery		Symptomatic adult with cervical degeneration
Factors	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Disc narrowing	1.6	1.3	5.7	3.1	8.7	2.9	3.6	2.8
Sclerosis	0.3	0.9	9.8	2.5	11.1	2.0	0.6	2.4
Osteophytes	1.0	1.2	6.3	1.8	8.9	1.9	2.7	2.2
Olisthesis	1.5	0.6	5.1	2.4	7.0	2.5	4.1	2.0