The Lumbar Lordosis below Harrington Instrumentation for Scoliosis
- 1 March 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Spine
- Vol. 15 (3) , 181-186
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00007632-199003000-00004
Abstract
This retrospective study evaluates lumbar lordosis in 43 patients before and after Harrington instrumentation into the lumbar spine. The authors measured overall lumbar lordosis, lordosis of unfused lumbar levels, and sagittal vertical axis. Lordosis decreased progressively in lower levels of fusion. The increase in lordosis below the fusion did not compensate for the overall loss of lordosis. The sagittal vertical axis moved forward, producing a subtle, asymptomatic form of flat back syndrome.Keywords
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