Bone Remodeling and Disc Morphology in the Distal Unfused Spine After Spinal Fusion in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

ConclusionPatients undergoing STF for Lenke 1 AIS are able to achieve normal lumbar lordosis after surgery but seem to regain their sagittal alignment by morphologic changes in the disc more so than the vertebral body. A larger contribution of the vertebral sagittal wedging to the total lumbar lordosis at two years post STF was observed when these variables were compared to the nonscoliotic adolescents.Level of EvidenceLevel IV.
Source: Spine Deformity - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research