The Link Between the 3D Spino-pelvic Alignment and Vertebral Body morphology in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

ConclusionsThe ΔAPVH depended on the scoliotic curve type and was significantly different from the controls only at the apical levels. Morphological changes in the scoliotic vertebrae, measured as anterior-posterior differences in the vertebral height, are related to the sagittal spinal profile suggesting the morphology of the vertebra contributes to the sagittal curvatures of the spine in AIS; nonetheless, such relationship between the vertebral morphology and the sagittal profile was not evident in non-scoliotic controls.

Source: Spine Deformity - December 24, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research