Adult Lumbar Scoliosis A Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and Management
Defining Adult Lumbar Scoliosis
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Sure, DR; LaBagnara, M; Smith, JS; Shaffrey, CI
January 1, 2017
Adult lumbar scoliosis is defined as coronal spinal curvature with Cobb angle >10° in skeletally mature patients [1]. Often this is associated with an abnormal sagittal (lordotic or kyphotic) curve and a rotational component resulting in a three-dimensional deformity [2]. Lumbar scoliosis may be associated with adjacent (nonstructural) compensatory curves involving thoracolumbar spine [3]. Thus it is typically described in the literature in the broader context of thoracolumbar adult spinal deformity (ASD).
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Sure, D. R., LaBagnara, M., Smith, J. S., & Shaffrey, C. I. (2017). Defining Adult Lumbar Scoliosis. In Adult Lumbar Scoliosis A Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and Management (pp. 1–9). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47709-1_1
Sure, D. R., M. LaBagnara, J. S. Smith, and C. I. Shaffrey. “Defining Adult Lumbar Scoliosis.” In Adult Lumbar Scoliosis A Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and Management, 1–9, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47709-1_1.
Sure DR, LaBagnara M, Smith JS, Shaffrey CI. Defining Adult Lumbar Scoliosis. In: Adult Lumbar Scoliosis A Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and Management. 2017. p. 1–9.
Sure, D. R., et al. “Defining Adult Lumbar Scoliosis.” Adult Lumbar Scoliosis A Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and Management, 2017, pp. 1–9. Scopus, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-47709-1_1.
Sure DR, LaBagnara M, Smith JS, Shaffrey CI. Defining Adult Lumbar Scoliosis. Adult Lumbar Scoliosis A Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and Management. 2017. p. 1–9.