AIM Sacral fractures are generally seen together with pelvic ring fractures. They can also develop in isolated form rarely. Instability is observed in these fractures in rates reaching 30%. MATERIAL AND METHODS Spinopelvic stabilization was applied to 10 cases with pelvic fractures together with sacral fractures and spinopelvic instability. Two cases were treated with adductive screws extendi...

BACKGROUND Sagittal spinopelvic alignment changes associated with degenerative facet joint arthritis have been assessed in a few studies. It has been documented that patients with facet joint degeneration have higher pelvic incidence, but the relationship between facet joint degeneration and other sagittal spinopelvic alignment parameters is still disputed. Our purpose was to evaluate the corre...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between bone mineral density (BMD) and sagittal spinal balance in the Korean elderly population. METHODS The retrospective study included subjects aged 60 years and above, who had whole-spine lateral radiography and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) within a year's gap between each other. Sagittal vertical axis (SVA) for evaluation of sagittal s...

INTRODUCTION Lumbosacral fracture dislocation is a rare entity mainly occurred in high-energy trauma accidents. In this unstable injury, anatomical separation of the spinal column from pelvis is usually associated with severe neurological deficits. CASE PRESENTATION We described a 16-year-old girl with extremely severe axial trauma to the lumbosacral spine who presented with fracture dislocat...

dult spinal deformity is a complex pathologic procA ess with many etiologies and several mechanisms of compensation. A complete understanding of patient-specific spinopelvic alignment is required to differentiate the origin of the deformity from postural compensatory mechanisms and, ultimately, to optimize surgical correction. Specific spinopelvic parameters have been shown to be invaluable in ...

How are spinopelvic tumor resections classified? The type of pelvic resection depends on the area involved and the extent of the tumor. Problems arise when the tumor involves the sacrum and the lower lumbar spine. To obtain acceptable surgical margins in these cases, skeletal resection should extend beyond the standard hemipelvectomy (ie, the sacroiliac joint) and may include the ilium, part of...

BACKGROUND Spinopelvic reconstruction after sacrectomy for a sacropelvic tumor can result in various complications and requires a highly complicated surgical technique. We report 2 cases of pelvic reconstruction surgery using diverse U-shaped rods (USRs) after partial sacrectomy. CASE DESCRIPTION A partial sacrectomy was performed for 2 different cases: one case was a metastatic sacral tumor ...

INTRODUCTION Little data is available on the relationship between sagittal spinopelvic parameters and health related quality of life (HRQOL) in osteoporotic patients. The aim of this study was to identify relationships between spinopelvic parameters and HRQOL in osteoporosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS The patient and control groups comprised 138 osteoporotic patients and 40 controls. All underwent...

background: pelvic ring injuries and sacroiliac dislocations have significant impacts on patient’s quality of life. several techniques have been described for posterior pelvic fixation. the current study has been designed to evaluate the spinopelvic method of fixation for sacroiliac fractures and fracture-dislocations.   methods: between january 2006 and december 2014, 14 patients with sacroili...

Purpose: We investigated the relationships between patient factors, including obesity, osteopenia, and scoliosis, reliability of measures spinopelvic sagittal parameters using conventional X-radiography (Xp) slot-scanning Xp devices (EOS) examined differences in interobserver measurement them.