title: [A computed tomographic analysis of vertebral rotation before and after surgical correction of idiopathic scoliosis].
abstract: Preoperative and postoperative computer tomographs in 24 patients suffering from idiopathic scolioses who were treated by CD (Cotrel-Dubousset) surgery, showed a mean correction of the rotatory angle in the apex vertebra amounting to 28.5% in relation to the anterior midline of the body, and 23.8% in relation to the sagittal plane. Best results were seen in lumbar curves and in the lumbar curves of double major curves. In thoracic curves only minor corrections were observed. CD instrumentation is the first dorsal procedure that allows a three-dimensional correction of the scoliotic spine.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädische Universitätsklinik Mainz.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hopf
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schaub
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009983:Orthopedic Equipment; D012399:Rotation; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Eine computertomographische Analyse zur Wirbelrotation vor und nach der operativen Korrektur der idiopathischen Skoliose.