Radiographic Evaluation of Spinopelvic Sagittal Alignment Anatomy in Juvenile and Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients.

Background and

Objectives

The association between spinal and pelvic alignment significantly impacts sagittal balance in adults. This study, that is retrospective, aims to investigate sagittal alignment anatomy of the pelvis and spine in juvenile idiopathic scoliosis (JIS) and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients. Materials and

Methods

We evaluated nine sagittal parameters from lateral radiographs of 100 JIS and AIS patients, including thoracic kyphosis (TKA), lumbar lordosis (LLA), pelvic tilt (PTA), pelvic incidence (PIA), spinosacral (SSA), sacral slope (SSLA), C7 tilt angles (C7-TA), sagittal vertical axis length (SVAL), and odontoid process hip axis angle (OPHAA) using the ImageJ program. Participants were classified based on their coronal curve group. Analysis of variance compared parameters between curve groups, and Pearson coefficients assessed the relationship between all parameters (p < 0.05).

Results

Female participants had an average age of 13.4, and male participants had an average age of 13.0. Female participants had an average scoliosis degree of 19.3, while male participants had 15.2. PIA, PTA, SSLA, and SSA values were significantly higher in women participants than in men participants (p < 0.05). Additionally, PIA, PTA, SSLA, SSA, and OPHAA values were significantly lower in participants with a lower scoliosis degree (p < 0.05). We observed a moderately positive association between LLA and TKA, PIA, SSA, and C7-TA. There was also a moderate positive association between spinopelvic alignment parameters and the degree of scoliosis in participants.

Conclusions

Easily measured values such as PIA, PTA, SSLA, SSA, and OPHAA may be related to severity of vertebral column deformities in patients, making them valuable for monitoring scoliosis patients.