The Depression Index: an objective measure of the severity of pectus excavatum based on vertebral diameter, a morphometric correlate to patient size.

Autor: Fagelman KM; Department of Surgery, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA. Electronic address: kfagelman@hmc.psu.edu., Methratta S; Department of Radiology, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA., Cilley RE; Department of Surgery, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA., Wilson MZ; Department of Surgery, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA., Hollenbeak CS; Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of pediatric surgery [J Pediatr Surg] 2015 Jul; Vol. 50 (7), pp. 1130-3. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Nov 28.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2014.11.043
Abstrakt: Background/purpose: In patients with Pectus Excavatum (PEX), the proposed Depression Index (DI) is derived from the absolute measurement of sternal depression using the transverse vertebral body diameter as a surrogate for height. The previously described objective and useful Pectus Index (PI) and Correction Index (CI), utilize thoracic diameters and do not always reflect the severity of the deformity as observed by clinicians.
Methods: Data for age, weight, height and vertebral diameter of T9, 10 and 11 were collected on 60 patients, with normal skeletons, undergoing CT scanning. The DI, PI and CI were calculated from CT scans on 76 patients with PEX. Indices were also compared to subjective rankings of the deformity from visual inspection of photographs by 5 clinicians.
Results: All parameters of age, weight and height correlated with the vertebral diameter. The DI correlated with the severity of the PEX deformity as also measured by the PI and the CI. There was a better correlation of the observed deformity severity to the DI than the PI or CI.
Conclusion: There is a strong correlation between transverse vertebral size and patient height. The DI is an objective measurement of the severity of a PEX deformity that is independent of the thoracic diameters.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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