7. IMAGING
• STANDING PA / STAGNARA VIEW
• LATERAL: SAGITTAL DEFORMITY
• BENDS FILMS
– SIDE BENDING, FULCRUM BENDING
• MRI :
– AGE < 10, LEFT THORACIC,
NEUROLOGICAL FINDINGS
8. NON OPERATIVE TREATMENT
I. OBSERVATION < 20-250
IMMATURE
II. ORTHOSIS CURVE > 20-250
< 40-500
IMMATURE, RISSER < 3
BOSTON TYPE/MILWAUKEE
III. EXERCISE :
NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THIS
ALONE
BENEFICIAL IN BRACED PATIENTS
10. LENKE, BETZ, HARMS
JBJS 2001
CURVE PT MT TL.L CURVE TYPE
1 NS S NS MAIN THORACIC (MT)
2 S S NS DOUBLE THORACIC (DT)
3 NS S S DOUBLE MAJOR (DM)
4 S S S TRIPLE MAJOR (TM)
5 NS NS S TL/L
6 NS S S TL/L-MAIN THORACIC
CURVE TYPES (1-6)
11. LUMBAR CURVE MODIFIER :
• POSITION OF CENTER SACRAL VERTICAL
LINE (CSVL) TO APEX OF LUMBAR CURVE
SAGITTAL THORACIC MODIFIER :
• T5-T12 SAGITTAL COBB
- : <100
N : 10 – 400
+ : > 400
12. CURVE CLASSIFICATION
CURVE TYPE (1-6)
+
LUMBAR CURVE MODIFIER (A,B OR C)
+
SAGITTAL THORACIC MODIFIER(-,N,+)
CURVE CLASS : 1A-,1AN, 6CN, 6C+
13. LENKE
• TYPE I : MT - PSSI OR ASSI
• TYPE II : DT- PSSI- PT + MT
• TYPE III : DMC – PSSI- MT+TL/L
MT ONLY < 600
MT RIGID
INFORMED CONSENT
SAFE L4 STOP AT L3
14. LENKE
• TYPE IV : TMC – PSSI – PT, MT,TL/L
• TYPE V : TL/L – ASSI TL/L ALONE
• TYPE VI : TL/L + MT
PSSI MT + TL/L
21. METHODS
THE SUBLAMINAR WIRES
ARE TIGHTENED ONE BY
ONE GRADUALLY UNTIL
THE CURVE CORRECTED
BY PERIAPICAL
TRANSLATION FOLLOWING
THE LEEDS METHOD AND
THE SCOLIOSIS IS
CONVERTEDINTO NORMAL
KYPHOSIS
24. METHODS
IN KING TYPE 1 CURVES AND LENKE
TYPE 5 AND 6 THE ROD HAS TO BE
CONTOURED AS AN “ S ” SHAPED BOTH
IN THE SAGITTAL AND CORONAL PLANE
WITH THE RECONSTRUCTION PLATE
AND FORMS A CROSSED INSTR.
39. CONCLUSIONS :
THE UI SCOLIOSIS SYSTEM
* GOOD 3 DIMENSIONAL
CORRECTION
* STABLE INSTRUMENTATION
(NO EXTERNAL SUPPORT REQUIRED)
* INEXPENSIVE
OFFERS GOOD – EXCELLENT
COSMESIS IN A BALANCED
SPINE