Should L3 be selected as the lowest instrumented vertebra in patients with Lenke type 5C adolescent idiopathic scoliosis whose lowest end vertebra is L4?

CONCLUSIONS: In Lenke type 5C AIS patients with posterior selective TL/L fusion to L3 as the LIV, patients with their LEVs at L4 showed postoperative MT and TL/L curve progression; however, no significant differences were observed in global alignment and clinical outcome.PMID:34243158 | DOI:10.3171/2020.11.SPINE201807

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - July 9, 2021 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Tomohiro Banno Yu Yamato Hiroki Oba Tetsuro Ohba Tomohiko Hasegawa Go Yoshida Hideyuki Arima Shin Oe Yuki Mihara Hiroki Ushirozako Jun Takahashi Hirotaka Haro Yukihiro Matsuyama Source Type: research