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CT EVALUATION OF VERTEBRAL ROTATION IN SCOLIOSIS

  • E. Alıcı
  • I. Kovanlıkaya
  • N. Erel
  • Ö. Baran
  • O. Dicle

J Turk Spinal Surg 1990;1(2):61-63

In 34 patients with scoliosis; using CT, a new method was proposed to evaluate the change in rotation precisely. The angle of rotation of the apical vertebra was measured by taking the neutral vertebra as a reference point. In this method, the influence of the patients rotational relationship to the radiographic table was minimized. The results were compared with the Nash-Moe and Aaron-Dahlborn's methods and significant corralations were found. This study illustrates a more precise method which facilitates the three dimensional analysis of scoliosis.

Keywords: Scoliosis, Vertebral Rotation, CT