title: Surgical corrections in scoliosis: a meta-analysis.
abstract: A meta-analysis of the acute correction outcomes in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is reported. Posterior instrumentation systems generally gave similar coronal plane corrections with average corrections for differing systems ranging from 48% to 67%. There was significant overlap of corrections reported for each of the systems. Anterior instrumentation gave better results with average corrections ranging from 71% to 93%. No instrumentation demonstrated a consistent ability to restore a normal thoracic kyphosis, but all seemed to maintain preoperative kyphosis measures. All systems, including newer multihook systems, showed a small loss of lumbar lordosis postoperatively. The available data demonstrates that no posterior implant produces vertebral derotation.
authors.affiliation: Shriners Hospitals for Children, Greenville, SC 29605, USA.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Stasikelis
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Pugh
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome