Global malalignment in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: the axial deformity is the main driver.
Mohamad KaramIsmat GhanemClaudio VergariNour KhalilMaria SaadéCéline ChaayaAli RteilElma AyoubEddy SaadKhalil KharratWafa SkalliAyman AssiPublished 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 (2022)
This study showed that frontal malalignment is more common in distal major structural scoliosis and its main driver is the apical vertebral rotation. This highlights the importance of monitoring the axial plane deformity in order to avoid worsening of the frontal global alignment.
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