Don’t forget the pelvis: accounting for pelvic rotation in the preoperative assessment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis | Zendy

Scott L. Zuckerman | Zendy; Meghan Cerpa | Zendy; Zeeshan M. Sardar | Zendy; Lawrence G. Lenke | Zendy

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Don’t forget the pelvis: accounting for pelvic rotation in the preoperative assessment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Author(s) -

Scott L. Zuckerman,

Meghan Cerpa,

Zeeshan M. Sardar,

Lawrence G. Lenke

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of spine surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2414-469X

pISSN - 2414-4630

DOI - 10.21037/jss-20-675

Subject(s) - coronal plane , sagittal plane , medicine , pelvis , pelvic tilt , nuclear medicine , cobb angle , demographics , scoliosis , lumbar , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , surgery , demography , sociology

Accurate radiographic assessment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is crucial to achieving surgical correction, yet pelvic rotation may alter measurements. In Lenke Type 1/2 AIS patients, we conducted a pilot study to assess how pelvic rotation (i.e., the patient's position in the X-ray scanner) affected sagittal, coronal, and rotational measurements.

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