Anterior versus posterior approach in Lenke type 1 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a comparison of long-term follow-up outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

After surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), doctors should not only focus on the short-term surgical effect, but also pay special attention to whether the patients can live normally in the long-term. This work compared the long-term effects of thoracoscopy-assisted anterior spinal fusion (ASF) and posterior spinal fusion (PSF) in AIS.

Methods

Twenty-two patients underwent thoracoscopy-assisted ASF, and twenty-three patients underwent PSF from 2004 to 2009 were involved , including 14 males and 31 females with an average age of 14.8±2.6 years, and all patients suffered from only Lenke type 1 AIS. The mean follow-up time was 102 months, the radiographic parameters and operation time, hospitalization time, fusion segments and estimated blood lo

SUBMITTER: Gu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9073785 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature