TY - JOUR
T1 - Radiographic outcomes of adult spinal deformity correction
T2 - A critical analysis of variability and failures across deformity patterns
AU - Moal, Bertrand
AU - Schwab, Frank
AU - Ames, Christopher P.
AU - Smith, Justin S.
AU - Ryan, Devon
AU - Mummaneni, Praveen V.
AU - Mundis, Gregory M.
AU - Terran, Jamie S.
AU - Klineberg, Eric
AU - Hart, Robert A.
AU - Boachie-Adjei, Oheneba
AU - Shaffrey, Christopher I.
AU - Skalli, Wafa
AU - Lafage, Virginie
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was partially funded via a research grant from DePuy Spine and from the Scoliosis Research Society .
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - Study Design Multicenter, prospective, consecutive, surgical case series from the International Spine Study Group. Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of surgical treatment in restoring spinopelvic (SP) alignment. Summary of Background Data Pain and disability in the setting of adult spinal deformity have been correlated with global coronal alignment (GCA), sagittal vertical axis (SVA), pelvic incidence/lumbar lordosis mismatch (PI-LL), and pelvic tilt (PT). One of the main goals of surgery for adult spinal deformity is to correct these parameters to restore harmonious SP alignment. Methods Inclusion criteria were operative patients (age greater than 18 years) with baseline (BL) and 1-year full-length X-rays. Thoracic and thoracolumbar Cobb angle and previous mentioned parameters were calculated. Each parameter at BL and 1 year was categorized as either pathological or normal. Pathologic limits were: Cobb greater than 30°, GCA greater than 40 mm, SVA greater than 40 mm, PI-LL greater than 10°, and PT greater than 20°. According to thresholds, corrected or worsened alignment groups of patients were identified and overall radiographic effectiveness of procedure was evaluated by combining the results from the coronal and sagittal planes. Results A total of 161 patients (age, 55 ± 15 years) were included. At BL, 80% of patients had a Cobb angle greater than 30°, 25% had a GCA greater than 40 mm, and 42% to 58% had a pathological sagittal parameter of PI-LL, SVA, and/or PT. Sagittal deformity was corrected in about 50% of cases for patients with pathological SVA or PI-LL, whereas PT was most commonly worsened (24%) and least often corrected (24%). Only 23% of patients experienced complete radiographic correction of the deformity. Conclusions The frequency of inadequate SP correction was high. Pelvic tilt was the parameter least likely to be well corrected. The high rate of SP alignment failure emphasizes the need for better preoperative planning and intraoperative imaging.
AB - Study Design Multicenter, prospective, consecutive, surgical case series from the International Spine Study Group. Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of surgical treatment in restoring spinopelvic (SP) alignment. Summary of Background Data Pain and disability in the setting of adult spinal deformity have been correlated with global coronal alignment (GCA), sagittal vertical axis (SVA), pelvic incidence/lumbar lordosis mismatch (PI-LL), and pelvic tilt (PT). One of the main goals of surgery for adult spinal deformity is to correct these parameters to restore harmonious SP alignment. Methods Inclusion criteria were operative patients (age greater than 18 years) with baseline (BL) and 1-year full-length X-rays. Thoracic and thoracolumbar Cobb angle and previous mentioned parameters were calculated. Each parameter at BL and 1 year was categorized as either pathological or normal. Pathologic limits were: Cobb greater than 30°, GCA greater than 40 mm, SVA greater than 40 mm, PI-LL greater than 10°, and PT greater than 20°. According to thresholds, corrected or worsened alignment groups of patients were identified and overall radiographic effectiveness of procedure was evaluated by combining the results from the coronal and sagittal planes. Results A total of 161 patients (age, 55 ± 15 years) were included. At BL, 80% of patients had a Cobb angle greater than 30°, 25% had a GCA greater than 40 mm, and 42% to 58% had a pathological sagittal parameter of PI-LL, SVA, and/or PT. Sagittal deformity was corrected in about 50% of cases for patients with pathological SVA or PI-LL, whereas PT was most commonly worsened (24%) and least often corrected (24%). Only 23% of patients experienced complete radiographic correction of the deformity. Conclusions The frequency of inadequate SP correction was high. Pelvic tilt was the parameter least likely to be well corrected. The high rate of SP alignment failure emphasizes the need for better preoperative planning and intraoperative imaging.
KW - Adult spinal deformity
KW - Radiographic effectiveness
KW - SRS-Schwab classification
KW - Surgical treatment
KW - spinopelvic alignment
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jspd.2014.01.003
DO - 10.1016/j.jspd.2014.01.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84899996411
SN - 2212-134X
VL - 2
SP - 219
EP - 225
JO - Spine Deformity
JF - Spine Deformity
IS - 3
ER -