The Impact of the Lowest Instrumented Vertebra on the Correction of the Minor Curve During Selective Fusion in Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Choosing a LIV that was more than 2 levels higher or lower than the sagittal infliction point showed a significantly higher correction of the minor curve. We therefore recommend to keep that distance when LIV is chosen.
Authors
- Joachim Windolf
- Markus Rafael Konieczny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3421-3197)
- Max Prost (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1558-4278)
- Philip Denz
Institutions
- Evangelische Stiftung Volmarstein (DE)
- Düsseldorf University Hospital (DE)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication
- Published
- 2024-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/bsd.0000000000001686
- Primary Topic
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00