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Study Design. Retrospective data analysis. Objective. To compare the sagittal lordosis of the lumbar spine by supine computed tomography (CT) and upright conventional radiographs. Summary of Background Data. There is sparse data about position and modality dependent changes of radiographic measurements in the sagittal lumbar spine. Methods. The anatomical and functional Cobb angles of the thoracolumbar spine in 153 patients with spinal injury were measured by conventional upright sagittal radiographs and supine CT scans. Patients were assigned either to group A (n = 101), with radiologically confirmed vertebral fractures, or to group B (n = 52), without any osseous lesions. The interchangeability of the two imaging modalities was calculated using a +/- 3 degrees and 5 degrees range of acceptance. Results. Group A showed a mean intraindividual difference of -3.8 degrees for both the anatomical and the functional Cobb angle. Only 25.7% and 27.7% of the 101 patients showed a difference within the tolerated +/- 3 degrees margin. Using the +/- 5 degrees limits, only 46 and 47 individuals fell within the acceptable range, respectively. In the patients in group B, the mean intraindividual difference was -2.1 degrees for the anatomical and -1.5 degrees for the functional Cobb angle. Of the 52 patients, only 14 and 13 patients, respectively demonstrated an intraindividual difference within +/- 3 degrees. With regard to a threshold of +/- 5 degrees, both the functional and anatomical values were within the defined margins in only 25 (48%) patients. Conclusion. The use of supine CT measurements as a baseline assessment of the sagittal lordosis of the injured thoracolumbar spine does not appear to be appropriate when upright conventional sagittal plane radiographs are used for follow-up measurements.
- 出版日期2014
