Progressive senile scoliosis: Seven cases of increasing spinal curves in elderly patients
| العنوان: | Progressive senile scoliosis: Seven cases of increasing spinal curves in elderly patients |
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| المؤلفون: | Thurman Gillespy, Conrad S. Revak |
| المصدر: | Skeletal Radiology. 13:280-286 |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1985. |
| سنة النشر: | 1985 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Aging, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Osteoporosis, Scoliosis, Spondylolysis, Degenerative disc disease, Lumbar, Humans, Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Aged, business.industry, Soft tissue, medicine.disease, Spondylolisthesis, Leg Length Inequality, Surgery, Radiography, Orthopedic surgery, Female, Spinal Diseases, Stress, Mechanical, business, Intervertebral Disc Displacement |
| الوصف: | An increasing scoliosis was documented in seven elderly women. The average curve at the most recent examination was 43 degrees (range 26 degrees-78 degrees). Previous films, from 5 to 26 years before, demonstrated an average increase of 2.3 degrees/year (range 1 degree-4.8 degrees/year). There were three lumbar and four thoracolumbar curves. Three curves were to the right and four were to the left. Only one patient had osteoporotic vertebral body crush fractures. The common underlying mechanism in the progression of senile scoliosis appears to be asymmetric loading of the spine which can be caused by a previously established scoliosis, spondylolysis/spondylolisthesis, lumbosacral anomalies, or leg length discrepancy. Subsequently, factors that can cause a curve to increase include degenerative disc disease with lateral disc space narrowing, soft tissue failure, and osteoporosis. Since even minor scoliosis can potentially progress in the older adult, increased monitoring of scoliosis in patients over age 50 years may be warranted. |
| تدمد: | 1432-2161 0364-2348 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::e0c5e06897bd5ecdbd5e4c5c8835f92fTest https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00355350Test |
| حقوق: | CLOSED |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....e0c5e06897bd5ecdbd5e4c5c8835f92f |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14322161 03642348 |
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