Comparison of Surgical Results of Direct Vertebral Rotation with those of Simple Rod Derotation for Correction of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Panya-amornwat, T.; Methatien, A.; Pattarapongsanti, A.
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 100 Suppl. 1: S116-S123
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 0125-2208 PMID: 29927228 Document Number: 14677
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is abnormal spinal alignment in 3 planes: the coronal, sagittal and rotational planes, and one of the methods used for its treatment is surgical correction. In the present day, the most common surgical techniques used to correct spinal alignment are simple rod derotation and direct vertebral derotation. To compare spinal alignment results after surgical correction with simple rod derotation and direct vertebral We retrospectively enrolled 29 AIS patients who had undergone surgical correction using simple rod There was a significant improvement in overall spinal alignment parameters postoperatively in both groups, but there was no significant difference in apical vertebral rotation or thoracic kyphosis in the simple rod derotation group. There was no significant difference between overall spinal alignment of the two groups. Both surgical techniques showed improvement in overall spinal alignment; however, no significant difference