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01-12-2020 | Ankylosing Spondylitis | Research article

Increasing pelvic incidence is associated with more global sagittal imbalance in ankylosing spondylitis with thoracolumbar kyphosis: an observational retrospective study of 94 cases

Authors: Diyu Song, Guoquan Zheng, Tianhao Wang, Dengbin Qi, Yan Wang

Published in: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders | Issue 1/2020

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Abstract

Background

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients with kyphosis have an abnormal spinopelvic alignment and pelvic morphology. Most studies focus on the relationship of pelvic tilt (PT) or sacral slope (SS) and deformity, and relatively few studies have addressed the relationship between pelvic incidence (PI) and kyphosis in AS patients. The purpose of this study is to analyze the correlation between pelvic incidence (PI) and the spinopelvic parameters describing local deformity or global sagittal balance in AS patients with thoracolumbar kyphosis.

Methods

A total of 94 patients with AS (91 males and 3 females) and 30 controls (27 males and 3 females) were reviewed. The mean age was 36.8 years in AS patients and 34.4 years in controls. Gender ratios and mean age were similar in both group. Sagittal spinopelvic parameters, including PI, PT, SS, thoracic kyphosis (TK), thoracolumbar kyphosis (TLK), lumbar lordosis (LL), sagittal vertical axis (SVA), the first thoracic vertebra pelvic angle (TPA), spinosacral angle (SSA) and spinopelvic angle (SPA) were measured. The same spine surgeons measured all the parameters of the AS and control group. All the sagittal spinopelvic parameters were compared between the groups. The relationship between PI and other spinopelvic parameters was analyzed with Pearson correlation (r) and unary linear regression model.

Results

All the sagittal parameters were found to be significantly different between AS patients and controls. Compared with the control group, the AS patients had significantly higher PI(47.4° vs. 43.2°, P < 0.001). Correlation analysis revealed that PI in AS patients was significantly positively correlated with TPA(r = 0.533, R2 = 0.284, P < 0.001), and negatively correlated with SPA(r = − 0.504, R2 = 0.254, P < 0.001). However, no correlations were found between PI and SVA, SSA, TK, TLK or LL in AS patients.

Conclusion

This study revealed that increasing PI was significantly correlated with more global sagittal imbalance, not with the local deformity in AS patients with thoracolumbar kyphosis.
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Metadata
Title
Increasing pelvic incidence is associated with more global sagittal imbalance in ankylosing spondylitis with thoracolumbar kyphosis: an observational retrospective study of 94 cases
Authors
Diyu Song
Guoquan Zheng
Tianhao Wang
Dengbin Qi
Yan Wang
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2474
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03226-0

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