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This single institution retrospective consecutive study is to provide real-world data on outcomes. The study aims to assess whether bending films can determine the LIV. The method of determination of the lower tilted vertebra (LTV) is presented. The selection of the LTV was identified on standing PA (LTVs) and on bending X-rays (LTVb). Group A is a reference group, with less flexible curves. Groups B and C contained patients with more flexible curves. Group B covered patients with instrumentation ending at the LTVs and group C with shorter instrumentation ending at LTVb. The disc angle below the LIV was monitored for postoperative decompensation. Sixty-eight subjects with AIS Lenke 1A and 1B types underwent selective fusion. The decompensation criteria of the unfused disc below the fusion were determined as a wedging disk of &gt;5\u00b0 of the Cobb angle. The patients were monitored during the postoperative period with 5.8 years average followup (minimum of 2 years). The rate of decompensation was comparable in groups A and B (31% and 33%, respectively). In contrast, the rate of decompensation was doubled in group C (60%). Caudal fusion shortening in more flexible curves according to bending films is associated with the first free disc asymmetry, which leads to decompensation below the fusion. 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