Evaluation and surgical management of shoulder imbalance of idiopathic scoliosis patients

English Keywords:Idiopathic scoliosis,Lenke classification,Shoulder imbalance,Proximal thoracic curve

English Abstract:

  Objective:To evaluate the preoperative shoulder imbalance of idiopathic scoliosis(IS) patients with the purpose of determining fusion level to avoid postoperative shoulder imbalance.Method:137 IS patients with over 2 years follow-up were reviewed.The shou