Evaluation of the Radiographic Risk Factors of Postoperative Shoulder Imbalance in Adult Scoliosis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate the radiographic risk factors of postoperative shoulder imbalance (PSI) after adult scoliosis (AS) correction surgery.

Methods

Seventy-nine patients with AS undergoing correction surgery at a single institution were reviewed. The mean follow-up was 28 months. Patients were divided into two groups based on their radiographic shoulder height (RSH): (1) the balanced group (RSH <10 mm) and (2) the unbalanced group (RSH ≥10 mm). The preoperative and postoperative Cobb angles of the proximal thoracic (PT), main thoracic (MT), thoracolumbar/lumbar (TL/L) and upper instrumented vertebra (UIV) were measured.

Results

No significant difference was found between the balanced and unbalanced groups when the UIV was T1-2, T3-4, or below T4. Uni

SUBMITTER: Ke W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9218346 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature