Cross-sectional analysis of associated anomalies and vertebral anomaly location in 1289 surgical congenital scoliosis.
Guanfeng LinXiran ChaiShengru WangYang YangZhe SuYou DuXiaolin XuXiaohan YeJianxiong ShenTerry Jianguo ZhangPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2021)
Cervical malformations had higher prevalence of mixed defects, musculoskeletal and intraspinal defects and multi-region involved. Thoracic malformations had higher prevalence of intraspinal and musculoskeletal defects and more involvement of only one vertebral region. Lumbar vertebral malformation patients had much lower prevalence of intraspinal and musculoskeletal defects and more involvement of only one vertebral region. Cervical malformation was a risk factor for more associated anomalies and more severe vertebral anomalies, which deserves more attention from surgeons in outpatient clinic.