By Laura Dyrda
A new study published in Spinal Deformity examines the association between the cervical spine alignment and Lenke type for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
The study included stratified random sampling from 3,654 full-length preoperative lateral films of patients in a multicenter database of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients who were treated surgically. There were 387 females and 84 males selected randomly from the films.
The researchers found:
1. There was significantly less cervical kyphosis in patient with Lenke 3 or Lenke 4 curves and more kypohsis in Lenke 1, Lenke 2, Lenke 5 and Lenke 6 curves.
