How Often and What Type of Deformity is Detected in All Spine Radiographs?

Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Scoliosis; Radiography; Kyphosis

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Spine radiography

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06369883

2022/41

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study will be done retrospectively.The aim of this study is to retrospectively examine the spinal pathologies of patients with a prediagnosis of spinal deformity and for whom spinal radiography is requested and to evaluate the clinical features of these patients.

Full description

Spinal radiography for scoliosis is the gold standard in the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of spinal diseases. There are studies showing that unnecessary and repetitive radiographs of patients increase the risk of cancer in older ages. Patients should be thoroughly examined before a spine radiograph is taken. Adam's test should be applied to the patient with scoliosis findings in the physical examination. Spinal radiography for Scoliosis should be requested from those whose trunk rotation angle is 5 degrees or more during Adam's test. The diagnosis of scoliosis is made when the Cobb angle measured on posterior-anterior radiographs is greater than 10 degrees. The diagnosis of kyphosis is made when the Cobb angle measured on lateral radiographs is greater than 50 degrees. Patients with a prediagnosis of spinal deformity and spinal radiographs taken between January 2019 and September 2019 in the Radiology clinic of our hospital will be included in the study. Demographic characteristics of the patients, presence and degree of scoliosis on posterior-anterior radiographs, if present, degree of kyphosis on lateral radiographs, structural pathologies in the spine and clinical features will be investigated.

Enrollment: 632 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients aged 18 and under
2. Those who requested spine radiographs for scoliosis and kyphosis

Exclusion criteria

1. Having a history of previous spinal surgery or trauma
2. Repeated radiographs in the same patient

Trial design

632 participants in 1 patient group

Subjects under 18 years of age who underwent spinal radiography

Description:

Angle measurement with Cobb method in posterior-anterior and lateral radiographs of patients who underwent spinal radiographs

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Spine radiography