Maintaining Lumbar Lordosis With Anterior Single Solid-Rod Instrumentation in Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Abstract

Coronal plane correction with preservation of thoracolumbar and lumbar lordosis 2 years after anterior convex compressive spinal instrumentation was accomplished using a lordotically contoured single solid rod with structural cages placed anteriorly in the disc spaces of patients with primary thoracolumbar or lumbar adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.