WU Hailong,DING Wenyuan,SHEN Yong.Feature of bony structural parameters and their effect on degenerative lumbar scoliosis[J].Chinese Journal of Spine and Spinal Cord,2011,(7):573-577.
Feature of bony structural parameters and their effect on degenerative lumbar scoliosis
Received:April 05, 2011  Revised:May 04, 2011
English Keywords:Bony structural parameter  Intervertebral disc-endplate  Asymmetric degeneration  Lumbar scoliosis
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WU Hailong Department of Spine Surgerythe Third Hospital of Hebei Medical UniversityShijiazhuang050051China 
DING Wenyuan 河北医科大学第三医院脊柱外科 050051 石家庄市 
SHEN Yong 河北医科大学第三医院脊柱外科 050051 石家庄市 
郭金库  
曹来震  
杨少坤  
安志辉  
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  【Abstract】 Objective:To investigate the relationship between intervertebral disc-endplate degeneration and bony structural parameters and the effect of bony structural parameters on the development of degenerative lumbar scoliosis.Method:The imaging data of 120 patients with primary degenerative lumbar scoliosis in our hospital were retrospectively reviewed as case group,while 89 patients with lumbar degenerative disease and without lumbar scoliosis were selected as control group.The vertebral body and intervertebral height in both sides on frontal X-ray,and the facet joint orientation in both sides on CT scan were measured respectively.The average vertebral body height,average intervertebral disc height and average facet orientation were regarded as bony structural parameters.Lumbar scoliosis and lordosis Cobb′s angles of the case group were measured.The quantitative grading methods were used and the relationship between asymmetric bony structural parameters and intervertebral disc-endplate degeneration were analyzed through comparing bony structural parameters.Result:The bony structural parameters between convex and concave side of the case group showed significant difference(P<0.05),which indicated asymmetric distribution of bony structural parameters in degenerative lumbar scoliosis,and the bony structural parameters between right and left side of the control group showed no significant difference(P>0.05).The degree of intervertebral disc-endplate degeneration between 2 groups showed significant difference(P<0.05).By correlation analysis,asymmetric degree of bony structural parameters showed good correlation with degree of intervertebral disc-endplate degeneration(P<0.05),which was positively correlated with lumbar scoliosis Cobb′s angle(0<r<1,P<0.05),but negatively correlated with lumbar lordosis Cobb′s angle(-1<r<0,P<0.05).Linear regression existed between lumbar scoliosis angle as well as lordosis angle and asymmetric degree of bony structural parameters(F=431.671 and 17.137,P<0.01).Conclusion:High degree of intervertebral disc-endplate degeneration is more often in degenerative lumbar scoliosis and bony structural parameters show asymmetric distribution which significantly correlate with asymmetric intervertebral disc-endplate degeneration.Lumbar scoliosis Cobb′s angle increases with progression of bony structural asymmetric degree,however lumbar lordosis Cobb′s angle decreases with it.
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