Three-dimensional morphological analysis of the thoracic pedicle and related radiographic factors in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Autor: Tatsuya Sato, Hidetoshi Nojiri, Takatoshi Okuda, Kei Miyagawa, Nozomu Kobayashi, Ryosuke Takahashi, Arihisa Shimura, Shota Tamagawa, Yukoh Ohara, Takeshi Hara, Muneaki Ishijima
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: BMC musculoskeletal disorders. 23(1)
ISSN: 1471-2474
Popis: Background This study aimed to investigate the laterality of the pedicle morphology at the apical vertebra (AV) level and identify the radiographic factors associated with the laterality ratio of the pedicle morphology at the AV level in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Methods Overall, 684 pedicles in 57 AIS patients aged 10–20 years, who underwent preoperative computed tomography (CT) and had Lenke type 1 or 2 with right convex main thoracic curves (MTC), were evaluated. Pedicle diameters of the MTC were assessed. We defined and compared the region containing two vertebrae adjacent to the AV (APEX±1) and the region containing two vertebrae adjacent to the neutral vertebra. We analyzed the pedicle diameter and laterality ratio of APEX±1 and performed multiple linear regression analysis to identify the radiographic factors associated with the laterality of the pedicle diameter. Results On the concave side of APEX±1, the pedicles of 15 patients (26.3%) did not accept a 4-mm-diameter pedicle screw (PS), even with 25% cortical bone width expansion. Laterality ratio differences in the pedicle diameters of the cortical bone width in APEX±1 were large in patients with more proximal AV level (p p = 0.029). Conclusions Preoperative planning to accurately select and insert the PS in AIS should be based on the anatomical limitations in APEX±1, AV level, and AVR degree. In APEX±1, the correlation between AVR and the laterality ratio of the pedicle diameter may be useful for pathoetiological interpretation of the AIS deformity.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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