Single rod instrumentation in patients with scoliosis and co-morbidities: Indications and outcomes

Figure 1 Patient with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (patient 13; Table 4). A: Preoperative postero-anterior spinal radiograph shows a primary thoracic and compensatory lumbar AIS; B: Preoperative lateral spinal radiograph shows thoracic hypokyphosis and isthmic spondylolysis at L5 (white arrow) with associated grade 1 lumbosacral spondylolisthesis; C: Postero-anterior spinal radiograph shows very satisfactory scoliosis correction across both curves and a globally balanced spine following a selective posterior thoracic fusion; D: Lateral spinal radiograph shows restoration of thoracic kyphosis and a normal sagittal balance of the spine with no change in the grade 1 lumbosacral spondylolisthesis. AIS: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.