A concept of idiopathic scoliosis deformities as imperfect torsion(s).
Scoliosis is a complex three-dimensional deformity. With continued improvement in spinal implant design, the options for corrective load application have increased. Visualization of the scoliosis deformity as a torsion or torsions, similar to an elongated helical line, and integration of this visualization with current deformity classification have proven useful in developing instrumentation sequences addressing scoliosis as a three-dimensional deformity. These instrumentation sequences, which have been evolving since 1989, have been applied in more than 150 patients who show improved deformity correction without serious complications.
Section of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160-7387, USA.
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D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D018450:Disease Progression; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000145:classification* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D014102:Torsion Abnormality