Vertebral body shape variation in the thoracic and lumbar spine: Characterization of its asymmetry and wedging

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youssef Masharawi ◽  
Khalil Salame ◽  
Yigal Mirovsky ◽  
Smadar Peleg ◽  
Gali Dar ◽  
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Spine ◽  
1985 ◽  
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pp. 748-756 ◽  
Author(s):  
HOWARD B. COTLER ◽  
JEROME M. COTLER ◽  
AMY STOLOFF ◽  
HERBERT E. COHN ◽  
BRUCE E. JERRELL ◽  
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2001 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 393-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joji Mochida ◽  
Eiren Toh ◽  
Masahiro Chiba ◽  
Kazuhiro Nishimura

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (15) ◽  
pp. 3217
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Lorenzo Costa ◽  
Steven de Reuver ◽  
Luc Kan ◽  
Peter Seevinck ◽  
Moyo C. Kruyt ◽  
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In scoliosis, most of the deformity is in the disc and occurs during the period of rapid growth. The ring apophyses form the insertion of the disc into the vertebral body, they then ossify and fuse to the vertebrae during that same crucial period. Although this must have important implications for the mechanical properties of the spine, relatively little is known of how this process takes place. This study describes the maturation pattern of the ring apophyses in the thoracic and lumbar spine during normal growth. High-resolution CT scans of the spine for indications not related to this study were included. Ossification and fusion of each ring apophysis from T1 to the sacrum was classified on midsagittal and midcoronal images (4 points per ring) by two observers. The ring apophysis maturation (RAM) was compared between different ages, sexes, and spinal levels. The RAM strongly correlated with age (R = 0.892, p < 0.001). Maturation differed in different regions of the spine and between sexes. High thoracic and low lumbar levels fused earlier in both groups, but, around the peak of the growth spurt, in girls the mid-thoracic levels were less mature than in boys, which may have implications for the development of scoliosis.


Spine ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Taneichi ◽  
Kiyoshi Kaneda ◽  
Naoki Takeda ◽  
Kuniyoshi Abumi ◽  
Shigenobu Satoh

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