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A computed tomographic anatomical study of the upper sacrum. Application for a user guide of pelvic fixation with iliosacral screws in adult spinal deformity.
International Orthopaedics 2017 December
PURPOSE: Widely used in traumatic pelvic ring fractures, the iliosacral (IS) screw technique for spino-pelvic fixation remains anecdotal in adult spinal deformity. The objective of this study was to assess anatomical variability of the adult upper sacrum and to provide a user guide of spino-pelvic fixation with IS screws in adult spinal deformity.
METHODS: Anatomical variability of the upper sacrum according to age, gender, height and weight was sought on 30 consecutive pelvic CT-scans. Thus, a user guide of spino-pelvic fixation with IS screws was modeled and assessed on ten CT-scans as described below. Two invariable landmarks usable during the surgical procedure were defined: point A (corresponding to the connector binding the IS screw to the spinal rod), equidistant from the first posterior sacral hole and the base of the S1 articular facet and 10 mm-embedded into the sacrum; point B (corresponding to the tip of the IS screw) located at the junction of the anterior third and middle third of the sacral endplate in the sagittal plane and at the middle of the endplate in the coronal plane. Point C corresponded to the intersection between the A-B direction and the external facet of the iliac wing. Three-dimensional reconstructions modeling the IS screw optimal direction according to the A-B-C straight line were assessed.
RESULTS: Age had no effect on the anatomy of the upper sacrum. The distance between the base of the S1 superior articular facet and the top of the first posterior sacral hole was correlated with weight (r = 0.6; 95% CI [0.6-0.9]); p < 0.001). Sacral end-plate thickness increased for male patients (p < 0.001) and was strongly correlated with height (r = 0.6; 95% CI [0.29-0.75]); p < 0.001) and weight (r = 0.8; 95% CI [0.6-0.9]); p < 0.001). The thickness of the inferior part of the S1 vertebral body increased in male patients (p < 0.001). Other measured parameters slightly varied according to gender, height and weight. Simulating the described technique of pelvic fixation, no misplaced IS screw was found whatever the age, gender and morphologic parameters.
CONCLUSION: This user guide of spinopelvic fixation with IS screws seems to be reliable and reproducible independently of age, gender and morphologic characteristics but needs clinical assessment.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV.
METHODS: Anatomical variability of the upper sacrum according to age, gender, height and weight was sought on 30 consecutive pelvic CT-scans. Thus, a user guide of spino-pelvic fixation with IS screws was modeled and assessed on ten CT-scans as described below. Two invariable landmarks usable during the surgical procedure were defined: point A (corresponding to the connector binding the IS screw to the spinal rod), equidistant from the first posterior sacral hole and the base of the S1 articular facet and 10 mm-embedded into the sacrum; point B (corresponding to the tip of the IS screw) located at the junction of the anterior third and middle third of the sacral endplate in the sagittal plane and at the middle of the endplate in the coronal plane. Point C corresponded to the intersection between the A-B direction and the external facet of the iliac wing. Three-dimensional reconstructions modeling the IS screw optimal direction according to the A-B-C straight line were assessed.
RESULTS: Age had no effect on the anatomy of the upper sacrum. The distance between the base of the S1 superior articular facet and the top of the first posterior sacral hole was correlated with weight (r = 0.6; 95% CI [0.6-0.9]); p < 0.001). Sacral end-plate thickness increased for male patients (p < 0.001) and was strongly correlated with height (r = 0.6; 95% CI [0.29-0.75]); p < 0.001) and weight (r = 0.8; 95% CI [0.6-0.9]); p < 0.001). The thickness of the inferior part of the S1 vertebral body increased in male patients (p < 0.001). Other measured parameters slightly varied according to gender, height and weight. Simulating the described technique of pelvic fixation, no misplaced IS screw was found whatever the age, gender and morphologic parameters.
CONCLUSION: This user guide of spinopelvic fixation with IS screws seems to be reliable and reproducible independently of age, gender and morphologic characteristics but needs clinical assessment.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV.
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