Role of fulcrum bending roentgenograph in evaluation of flexibility in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients

Objective To determine the role of fulcrum bending reontgenograph in assessing the proximal thoracic(PT),main thoracic(MT),and the thoracolumbar/lumbar(TL/L) curves in patients undergoing coronal plane correction for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis(AIS).Methods Thirty-eight consecutive AIS patients who underwent pedicle screw fixation and posterior fusion were recruited in this study.The assessmen…