title: Rotation vector, a new method for representation of three-dimensional deformity in scoliosis.
abstract: Rotation vector for three-dimensional deformity, a new concept in scoliosis, is presented. This vector quantifies three-dimensional deformity in scoliosis. Rotation vectors are calculated between pairs of end plates. Any three-dimensional malalignments (scoliosis, lordosis [or kyphosis] and rotation) existing between a pair of end plates should be cancelled perfectly by rotating one end plate against the other about an axis represented by the rotation vector. A rotation vector suggests how the deformity in scoliosis should be corrected three-dimensionally.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
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authors.lastname: Kojima
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authors.lastname: Kurokawa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000379:methods*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed