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Compensatory scoliosis

MedGen UID:
473076
•Concept ID:
C0343292
•
Acquired Abnormality
Synonyms: Postural Scoliosis; Postural scoliosis
SNOMED CT: Postural scoliosis (203645000); Compensatory scoliosis (203645000)
 
HPO: HP:0100884

Definition

A scoliosis which is the results of a difference in leg length (which might be due to hemihypertrophy or hemihypotrophy of a leg) and the resulting tilting of the pelvis. If untreated this will lead to the development of scoliosis over time. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Anterior Selective Lumbar Fusion Saving More Distal Fusion Segments Compared with Posterior Approach in the Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis with Lenke Type 5: A Cohort Study with More Than 8-Year Follow-up.
Wang ZW, Shen YQ, Wu Y, Li J, Liu Z, Xu JK, Chen QX, Chen WS, Chen LW, Zhang N, Li FC
Orthop Surg 2021 Dec;13(8):2327-2334. Epub 2021 Nov 9 doi: 10.1111/os.13117. PMID: 34755473Free PMC Article
Neuropathological aspects of conservative treatment of scoliosis. A theoretical view point.
Czupryna K, Nowotny-Czupryna O, Nowotny J
Ortop Traumatol Rehabil 2012 Mar-Apr;14(2):103-14. doi: 10.5604/15093492.992293. PMID: 22619095
A biomechanical study of the Charleston brace for the treatment of scoliosis.
Clin J, Aubin CE, Parent S, Labelle H
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2010 Sep 1;35(19):E940-7. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c5b5fa. PMID: 20431434

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Medium-term and Long-term Follow-up Surgical Outcomes of the 1-stage Posterior-only Lumbosacral Hemivertebra Resection With Short-segment Fusion in Children.
Gao R, Zhang X, Guo D, Cao J, Yao Z, Bai Y, Sun B
J Pediatr Orthop 2023 Feb 1;43(2):e120-e126. Epub 2022 Sep 6 doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000002263. PMID: 36069861
Effects of Low Bone Mineral Status on Biomechanical Characteristics in Idiopathic Scoliotic Spinal Deformity.
Song XX, Jin LY, Li XF, Qian L, Shen HX, Liu ZD, Yu BW
World Neurosurg 2018 Feb;110:e321-e329. Epub 2017 Nov 10 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.10.177. PMID: 29133001
Z-plasty for severe gluteal muscle contracture in children.
Zha K, Liu G, Yang S, Cao F
J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) 2016 Dec;24(3):383-386. doi: 10.1177/1602400323. PMID: 28031512
One-stage posterior-only lumbosacral hemivertebra resection with short segmental fusion: a more than 2-year follow-up.
Zhuang Q, Zhang J, Li S, Wang S, Guo J, Qiu G
Eur Spine J 2016 May;25(5):1567-1574. Epub 2015 May 26 doi: 10.1007/s00586-015-3995-x. PMID: 26006704
Congenital muscular torticollis. A long-term follow-up.
Canale ST, Griffin DW, Hubbard CN
J Bone Joint Surg Am 1982 Jul;64(6):810-6. PMID: 7085709

Diagnosis

Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome.
Mahmoud SF, el-Benhawi MO, el-Tonsy MH, Kalantar SM
J Am Acad Dermatol 1988 May;18(5 Pt 2):1169-72. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(88)70118-8. PMID: 2836481

Therapy

Emerging S-shaped curves in congenital scoliosis after hemivertebra resection and short segmental fusion.
Yang X, Song Y, Liu L, Zhou C, Zhou Z, Wang L, Wang L
Spine J 2016 Oct;16(10):1214-1220. Epub 2016 Jun 22 doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2016.06.006. PMID: 27343728

Prognosis

Medium-term and Long-term Follow-up Surgical Outcomes of the 1-stage Posterior-only Lumbosacral Hemivertebra Resection With Short-segment Fusion in Children.
Gao R, Zhang X, Guo D, Cao J, Yao Z, Bai Y, Sun B
J Pediatr Orthop 2023 Feb 1;43(2):e120-e126. Epub 2022 Sep 6 doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000002263. PMID: 36069861
Effects of Low Bone Mineral Status on Biomechanical Characteristics in Idiopathic Scoliotic Spinal Deformity.
Song XX, Jin LY, Li XF, Qian L, Shen HX, Liu ZD, Yu BW
World Neurosurg 2018 Feb;110:e321-e329. Epub 2017 Nov 10 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.10.177. PMID: 29133001
One-stage posterior-only lumbosacral hemivertebra resection with short segmental fusion: a more than 2-year follow-up.
Zhuang Q, Zhang J, Li S, Wang S, Guo J, Qiu G
Eur Spine J 2016 May;25(5):1567-1574. Epub 2015 May 26 doi: 10.1007/s00586-015-3995-x. PMID: 26006704
Valgus intertrochanteric osteotomy for coxa vara of Bucholz-Ogden Types II and III in patients older than 30 years.
Bartoníček J, Vávra J
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2011 Sep;131(9):1211-7. Epub 2011 Feb 18 doi: 10.1007/s00402-011-1278-5. PMID: 21331545
Congenital muscular torticollis. A long-term follow-up.
Canale ST, Griffin DW, Hubbard CN
J Bone Joint Surg Am 1982 Jul;64(6):810-6. PMID: 7085709

Clinical prediction guides

Z-plasty for severe gluteal muscle contracture in children.
Zha K, Liu G, Yang S, Cao F
J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) 2016 Dec;24(3):383-386. doi: 10.1177/1602400323. PMID: 28031512
Emerging S-shaped curves in congenital scoliosis after hemivertebra resection and short segmental fusion.
Yang X, Song Y, Liu L, Zhou C, Zhou Z, Wang L, Wang L
Spine J 2016 Oct;16(10):1214-1220. Epub 2016 Jun 22 doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2016.06.006. PMID: 27343728
One-stage posterior-only lumbosacral hemivertebra resection with short segmental fusion: a more than 2-year follow-up.
Zhuang Q, Zhang J, Li S, Wang S, Guo J, Qiu G
Eur Spine J 2016 May;25(5):1567-1574. Epub 2015 May 26 doi: 10.1007/s00586-015-3995-x. PMID: 26006704
Valgus intertrochanteric osteotomy for coxa vara of Bucholz-Ogden Types II and III in patients older than 30 years.
Bartoníček J, Vávra J
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2011 Sep;131(9):1211-7. Epub 2011 Feb 18 doi: 10.1007/s00402-011-1278-5. PMID: 21331545

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