Siyu Zhou, Yi Zhao, Zhuoran Sun, Gengyu Han, Fei Xu, Weipeng Qiu, Tongyu Liu, Weishi Li
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: A subgroup of patients with pelvic anteversion can present with an unusually large degree of lumbar lordosis (LL), a highly sloped sacrum, and a relatively small pelvic incidence (PI). Prior to lumbar surgery, it is can be important to consider such unique sagittal alignment. However, until now, there has been a lack of a predictive model considering different pelvic alignments. Furthermore, the dynamic characteristics of an anteverted pelvis (AP) subgroup have also been unclear...
April 11, 2024: Spine Journal: Official Journal of the North American Spine Society