| Group | Preoperative | Postoperative | C2–7 Cobb angle improvement | P-value |
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C2–7 Cobb angle/cervical lordosis (°) | Group A | 8.7 ± 4.2 | 22.5 ± 6.9 | 13.8 ± 3.6 |  < 0.01* |
Group B | 11.4 ± 5.4 | 11.2 ± 5.6 | − 0.2 ± 4.7 | 0.958 | |
P value | 0.758 | 0.258 | 0.178 | Â |