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SPINE
Volume 32, Issue 12, Pages 1355-1359Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318059321d
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adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; anterior overgrowth; thoracic versus thoracolumbar curves; pelvic and sagittal measurements
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Study Design. Retrospective chart review and radiographic analysis. Objective. To determine if differences exist in the sagittal alignment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients with thoracic versus thoracolumbar curve patterns. Summary of Background Data. Relative anterior overgrowth has been suggested as the possible pathomechanism behind thoracic scoliosis. Given the proposed importance of the sagittal alignment on the development of AIS and the known association between pelvic parameters and sagittal alignment, the authors postulate that pelvic incidence may influence the location of vertebral column collapse associated with different AIS curve types. Methods. A multicenter surgical database was used to compare preoperative radiographic measurements between patients with primary thoracic curves (Lenke 1A, B), primary thoracolumbar curves (Lenke 5), and normal adolescents. Results. Pelvic incidence was significantly greater in both groups of AIS patients compared with normal adolescents. Patients in the primary thoracic curve group were found to have a significantly increased sacral slope and a decreased thoracic kyphosis relative to the control group. Patients in the primary thoracolumbar curve group had a significantly increased pelvic tilt; however, a relatively normal thoracic kyphosis, lumbar lordosis, and sacral slope compared with the respective control values. Conclusion. An increased pelvic incidence, associated with both thoracic and thoracolumbar curves when compared with the normal adolescent population, does not appear to be the potential determinant of the development of thoracic versus thoracolumbar scoliosis, but may be a risk factor for the development of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. The theory of anterior overgrowth may be supported by the identification of thoracic hypokyphosis, despite an increased pelvic incidence and lumbar lordosis, in patients with thoracic scoliosis. The association between sagittal measurements and the etiology of thoracolumbar curve formation is less clear; however, regional anterior overgrowth in the lumbar spine may also be responsible for the deformity.
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