ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
Direct Vertebral Rotation (DVR) Does Not Improve Clinical and Radiological Results Compared to Differential Rod Contouring (DRC) in Patients Treated Surgically for Idiopathic Scoliosis.
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- Direct vertebral rotation in idiopathic scoliosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.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 · 2026Review
- Efficacy Comparison of Multiplanar Deformity Reducer System and Direct Vertebral Rotation in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Corrective Surgery.Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society · 2025Article
- Selective Direct Vertebral Rotation Instrumentation for the Correction of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Lenke 5 Curve.International journal of spine surgery · 2025Article
- Comparison of en-bloc direct vertebrae rotation and non-direct vertebrae rotation for the correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis Lenke 5C: a retrospective study in Changsha, China.Asian spine journal · 2024Article
- The Influence of Increased Pedicle Screw Diameter and Thicker Rods on Surgical Results in Adolescents Undergoing Posterior Spinal Fusion for Idiopathic Scoliosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Direct vertebral rotation (DVR) is the most widespread method to correct axial vertebral rotation. Differential rod contouring (DRC) also includes derotation, but not to the same extent as DVR. DVR requires additional surgical effort with potential consequences, which are absent in DRC; moreover, the data concerning the clinical benefits of apical derotation are not convincing. In the present study, clinical and radiological outcomes were compared in patients who underwent surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), having DVR and DRC vs. DRC only. In total, 73 AIS patients with curves of 40-85°, consecutively operated on by one surgeon, participated in this study and were followed up over 2 years. Scores from the SRS-22 questionnaire were analysed, the angles of trunk rotation (ATR) were measured with an inclinometer and a radiographic assessment of coronal and sagittal spinal profiles was conducted. In 38 cases, only DRC was performed, and in 35 DRC was performed and followed by DVR; the groups did not differ from an epidemiological point of view. Total SRS-22 scores after 2 years were similar in both groups (4.23 (±0.33) in DRC vs. 4.06 (±0.33) in DRC/DVR,
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