Our study showed that PI decreased in 55% of ASD patients after spinal surgery using S2AI screws. Greater preoperative PI-LL mismatch and PI, as well as lumbar kyphosis, were associated with postoperative change in PI. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.
The volume of PE after correction surgery can be significantly decreased by application of O-arm navigation system as compared to conventional free-hand technique. We ascribed the improvement to the accuracy of screw implantation navigated by O-arm.
Study Design.
A retrospective study.
Objective.
The aim of this study was to compare the long-term outcomes of correction surgery for Lenke 1 A/B scoliosis among those with symmetric fusion (SF), upper-dominant fusion (UF), and lower-dominant fusion (LF) in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS).
Summary of Background Data.
Symmetric fusion, defined as equal number of vertebral levels included in instrumented fusion above and below the apical vertebra or disc of the primary curve, was a new concept raised in AIS selective fusion. Previous study showed that similar correction the effect on clinical outcomes of this fusion style.
Methods.
Preoperative, postoperative, and last follow-up radiographs of 117 consecutive patients with Lenke type 1A/B curves who underwent posterior selective thoracic instrumentation surgery were analyzed. Patients were divided into two groups (SF and nonsymmetric fusion [NSF]). Patients in NSF was further divided into two groups UF (more vertebrate was fused above the apex) and LF (more vertebrate was fused below the apex). Clinical outcomes and coronal decompensation including adding-on and trunk shift were analyzed and compared among three groups.
Results.
There was no significant difference between SF and NSF in magnitude of preoperative main thoracic curve (P = 0.69) and correction rate (P = 0.50). Distal adding-on was observed in 21 patients (17.9%), and coronal decompensation was observed in eight patients (6.8%) in all at final follow up. No significant differences were found between the two groups regarding adding-on phenomenon (P = 0.64) and coronal imbalance (P = 0.72). Significantly higher rates of adding-on were found in UF compared with SF and LF (P < 0.001). In a subgroup analysis between UF and LF in NSF patients, significant differences were found between two subgroups in the rate of trunk shift (P = 0.038). No significant differences in SRS-22 scores were observed among the three groups.
Conclusion.
In Lenke 1A/B AIS with posterior selective fusion, SF provides no significant differences from NSF. However, in NSF, UF was found to be high risky of adding-on phenomenon.
Level of Evidence: 3
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