Evaluating bone quality and asymmetrical aplasia of the thoracic vertebral body in Lenke 1A adolescent idiopathic scoliosis using hounsfield units.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Retrospective analysis.

Objective

To evaluate bone quality and investigate asymmetrical development of the thoracic vertebral body in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) based on Hounsfield unit (HU) measurements obtained from computed-tomography (CT) scans.

Summary of background data

HU value demonstrated higher reliability and accuracy than the traditional method, indicating that they could be used to individually evaluate and effectively assess the bone quality of every vertebra in the CT films.

Methods

Total 30 AIS patients classified as Lenke Type 1A and 30 paired controls were included in this study. Regions of interest for HU value were measured on three horizontal images of the thoracic vertebrae. HU measurements of the whole vertebral bo

SUBMITTER: Chen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9659626 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature