Predicting Surgical and Non-surgical Curvature Correction by Radiographic Spinal Flexibility Assessments for Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Objectives

This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to: (1) synthesize the prevalent application ratios of 2 radiographic spinal flexibility assessment methods in AIS patients treated with PSF or bracing; and (2) quantitatively evaluate the accuracy of these methods in predicting post-intervention correction outcomes.

Methods

A systematic search was conducted across 5 electronic databases: CINAHL, Embase, Ovid, PubMed, and Web of Science. Meta-analyses were performed to investigate the accuracy of the spinal flexibility rate in predicting the post-intervention correction rate in AIS patients treated with PSF surgery or bracing, using RevMan 5.4.1 software.

Results

The results of 31 studies, involving 1868

SUBMITTER: Luo YY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11843572 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature