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RADIOGRAPHIC ESTIMATION OF VERTEBRAL ROTATION IN SCOLIOSIS

M. H. Mehta 1

1 Institute of Orthopaedics, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London and Stanmore; Calcutta, India

1. The radiographic appearance of normal thoracic and lumbar vertebrae at 15-degree intervals of rotation is described. Each image can be identified by its characteristic features.

2. The appearance on antero-posterior radiographs of apical vertebrae in scoliosis closely resembles the normal at each phase of rotation, on the basis of which an image-matching method is proposed for estimating rotation in scoliosis.

3. The method gives only approximate values of rotation but has the advantage of being able to monitor rotation through 90 degrees.
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