marginally significantp = 0.054
The average Cobb angle was significantly lower in the HSS group than in the other groups on postoperative day 1 ( p = 0.022, one-way ANOVA); however, marginally significant differences were observed among the three groups in Scheffe’s post hoc test (HSS < IS, p = 0.054; HSS < LS, p = 0.058).