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ArticleSpine deformity2022

A comparison of the reliability and vulnerability of 3D sterEOS and 2D EOS when measuring the sagittal spinal alignment of patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Masayoshi Machida, Brett Rocos, Karl Zabjek, David E Lebel

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Article in Spine deformity, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  1. Patient and surgical predictors of 3D correction in posterior spinal fusion: a systematic review.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2023
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  3. Correlation/Compatibility of DIERS postural analysis data with radiographic findings in patients with idiopathic scoliosis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2025
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Masayoshi Machida *Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave., Toronto, M5G 1X8, Canada. masayoshimachida1985@yahoo.co.jp.
Brett Rocos *Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave., Toronto, M5G 1X8, Canada.
Karl ZabjekDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave., Toronto, M5G 1X8, Canada.
David E LebelDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave., Toronto, M5G 1X8, Canada.
Hospital for Sick Children · CA

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Abstract

purposeAn essential component of making the diagnosis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is standing anteroposterior and lateral radiographs. Two-dimensional (2D) radiographs inevitably fail to reflect every plane of the three-dimensional (3D) deformity in scoliosis. We have tested the hypothesis that there is no difference in the assessment of the sagittal plane deformity when measured with either 2D or 3D EOS radiography.

methodsA retrospective radiographic analysis was performed on patients diagnosed with AIS, with subdivided into three groups according to the coronal angular deformity (mild group: 45°-69°, moderate group: 70°-89°, and severe group: 90° +). The sagittal parameters were compared between manual measurement with 2D sterEOS and those made using computer-aided 3D reconstruction.

resultsFifty-two patients were included in each group. The inter-study reliability when measuring the thoracic Kyphosis (TK) and lumbar lordosis (LL) between the two study modalities was excellent in mild group (ICC: 0.90, 95% CI 0.82 ~ 0.94 and ICC: 0.84, 95% CI 0.74 ~ 0.91), excellent in TK and fair in LL in moderate group (ICC: 0.76, 95% CI 0.61 ~ 0.85 and ICC: 0.70, 95% CI 0.53 ~ 0.81), and fair in TK and LL in severe group, respectively (ICC: 0.74, 95% CI 0.57 ~ 0.84 and ICC: 0.65, 95% CI 0.46 ~ 0.84). A Bland-Altman plot showed proportional bias in TK measurements in each group and LL in moderate group, which means the measured value is underestimated in 2D method when the angle is small.

conclusion3D sterEOS is less vulnerable to the influence of coronal plane than 2D EOS in evaluating the sagittal spinal parameters of patients with a coronal deformity exceeding 70°. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 4:

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KyphosisLordosisScoliosisAdolescentHumansReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesThoracic VertebraeDeformityEOSPediatric scoliosisRadiographyScoliosis

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