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Wang X, Zhang H, Sucato DJ. Unilateral thoracic spinal nerve resection creates early onset thoracic scoliosis in an immature porcine model. Eur Spine J 2023; 32:2975-2990. [PMID: 37330938 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-023-07804-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Revised: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
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PURPOSE To test whether multiple-level unilateral thoracic spinal nerves (TSN) resection can induce the initial thoracic cage deformity to cause early onset thoracic scoliosis in an immature porcine model; and 2) to create an early onset thoracic scoliosis in a large animal model that can be used to evaluate growth-friendly surgical techniques and instruments in growing spine researches. METHODS Seventeen one-month-old pigs were assigned to 3 groups. In group 1 (n = 6), right TSN were resected from T7 to T14 with the contralateral (left) paraspinal muscle exposing and stripping. In group 2 (n = 5), the animals were treated in the same way except the contralateral (left) side was intact. In group 3 (n = 6), bilateral TSN were resected from T7 to T14. All animals were followed up for 17-weeks. Radiographs were measured and analyzed the correlation between the Cobb angle and thoracic cage deformity. A histological examination of the intercostal muscle (ICM) was performed. RESULTS In the groups 1 and 2, an average 62 ± 12° and 42 ± 15° right thoracic scoliosis with apical hypokyphosis of a mean - 5.2 ± 16° and - 1.8 ± 9° were created, respectively, during 17-weeks follow up. All curves were located at the operated levels with the convexity toward the TSN resection side. Statistical analysis demonstrated that the thoracic deformities were strongly correlated with the Cobb angle. In group 3, no scoliosis was created in any animal, but an average thoracic lordosis of - 32.3 ± 20.3° was seen. The histological examination showed the ICM denervation on the TSN resection side. CONCLUSION Unilateral TSN resection induced the initial thoracic deformity toward the TSN resection side resulting in thoracic hypokyphotic scoliosis in an immature pig model. This early onset thoracic scoliosis model could be used to evaluate the growth-friendly surgical techniques and instruments in future growing spine researches.
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- Xiaobin Wang
- Scottish Rite for Children, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2222 Welborn St, Dallas, TX, 75219, USA
- Department of Orthopaedice Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Scottish Rite for Children, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2222 Welborn St, Dallas, TX, 75219, USA.
- Department of Orthopaedice Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
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- Scottish Rite for Children, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2222 Welborn St, Dallas, TX, 75219, USA
- Department of Orthopaedice Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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Zaydman AM, Strokova EL, Pahomova NY, Gusev AF, Mikhaylovskiy MV, Shevchenko AI, Zaidman MN, Shilo AR, Subbotin VM. Etiopathogenesis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: Review of the literature and new epigenetic hypothesis on altered neural crest cells migration in early embryogenesis as the key event. Med Hypotheses 2021; 151:110585. [PMID: 33932710 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2021.110585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Revised: 02/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) affects 2-3% of children. Numerous hypotheses on etiologic/causal factors of AIS were investigated, but all failed to identify therapeutic targets and hence failed to offer a cure. Therefore, currently there are only two options to minimize morbidity of the patients suffering AIS: bracing and spinal surgery. From the beginning of 1960th, spinal surgery, both fusion and rod placement, became the standard of management for progressive adolescent idiopathic spine deformity. However, spinal surgery is often associated with complications. These circumstances motivate AIS scientific community to continue the search for new etiologic and causal factors of AIS. While the role of the genetic factors in AIS pathogenesis was investigated intensively and universally recognized, these studies failed to nominate mutation of a particular gene or genes combination responsible for AIS development. More recently epigenetic factors were suggested to play causal role in AIS pathogenesis. Sharing this new approach, we investigated scoliotic vertebral growth plates removed during vertebral fusion (anterior surgery) for AIS correction. In recent publications we showed that cells from the convex side of human scoliotic deformities undergo normal chondrogenic/osteogenic differentiation, while cells from the concave side acquire a neuronal phenotype. Based on these facts we hypothesized that altered neural crest cell migration in early embryogenesis can be the etiological factor of AIS. In particular, we suggested that neural crest cells failed to migrate through the anterior half of somites and became deposited in sclerotome, which in turn produced chondrogenic/osteogenic-insufficient vertebral growth plates. To test this hypothesis we conducted experiments on chicken embryos with arrest neural crest cell migration by inhibiting expression of Paired-box 3 (Pax3) gene, a known enhancer and promoter of neural crest cells migration and differentiation. The results showed that chicken embryos treated with Pax3 siRNA (microinjection into the neural tube, 44 h post-fertilization) progressively developed scoliotic deformity during maturation. Therefore, this analysis suggests that although adolescent idiopathic scoliosis manifests in children around puberty, the real onset of the disease is of epigenetic nature and takes place in early embryogenesis and involves altered neural crest cells migration. If these results confirmed and further elaborated, the hypothesis may shed new light on the etiology and pathogenesis of AIS.
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- Alla M Zaydman
- Novosibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics named after Ya.L. Tsivyan, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Novosibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics named after Ya.L. Tsivyan, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Novosibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics named after Ya.L. Tsivyan, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Novosibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics named after Ya.L. Tsivyan, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Novosibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics named after Ya.L. Tsivyan, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences", Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Novosibirsk Zoo named after R.A. Shilo, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc., Madison WI, USA; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, USA; University of Wisconsin, Madison WI, USA.
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Fadzan M, Bettany-Saltikov J. Etiological Theories of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Past and Present. Open Orthop J 2017; 11:1466-1489. [PMID: 29399224 PMCID: PMC5759107 DOI: 10.2174/1874325001711011466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2017] [Revised: 09/01/2017] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is one of the most common spinal deformities, yet its cause is unknown. Various theories look to biomechanical, neuromuscular, genetic, and environmental origins, yet our understanding of scoliosis etiology is still limited. Determining the cause of a disease is crucial to developing the most effective treatment. Associations made with scoliosis do not necessarily point to causality, and it is difficult to determine whether said associations are primary (playing a role in development) or secondary (develop as a result of scoliosis). Scoliosis is a complex condition with highly variable expression, even among family members, and likely has many causes. These causes could be similar among homogenous groups of AIS patients, or they could be individual. Here, we review the most prevalent theories of scoliosis etiology and recent trends in research.
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- Maja Fadzan
- Scoliosis 3DC, 3 Baldwin Green Common, Suite 204, Woburn, MA 01801, USA
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Liu L, Zhu Y, Han X, Wu Y. The creation of scoliosis by scapula-to-contralateral ilium tethering procedure in bipedal rats: a kyphoscoliosis model. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2011; 36:1340-9. [PMID: 21224778 DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181f3d164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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STUDY DESIGN Randomized trial. OBJECTIVE To create a new scoliotic model. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Although there were a lot of modeling techniques producing scoliosis, failed was the creation of a scoliotic animal model all characterized by the evident axial rotation of vertebrae body, the simulation of the human erect posture, and avoiding direct traumas to the spine, the spinal cord, ribs, or glands in modeling techniques. METHODS A total of 45 4-week-old female wistar rats were randomly divided into three groups. Group 1 underwent subcutaneous left scapula-to-contralateral ilium tethering procedure with a nonadsorbable suture, which made the spine convex toward right side, and then removed forelimbs and tails of rats to create the bipedal rats. Tethering sutures were cut at postoperative eighth week, and the spines of rats were then observed during 2 weeks. Group 2 was the same as group 1 but in which scapula-to-ipsilateral ilium tethering procedure was performed. Group 3 was the same as group 1 except that the bipedal rats were not created. All postoperative rats were fed separately in special high cages for groups 1 and 2 or in standard cages for group 3. RESULTS At 2 weeks after tether release, the incidence of vertebral rotation was significantly higher in group 1 than in group 2 (P = 0.004). The differences in degrees of scoliosis and kyphosis between groups at the time of initial tethering were not found to be significant (P > 0.05), whereas those at 2 weeks after tether release were significantly larger in group 1 than in group 3 (P < 0.01). There were no significant differences in postoperative first food-taking duration, body weight, spinal relative length, modeling mortality, the incidences of reoperation, and scoliosis between groups (all P > 0.05). CONCLUSION The scoliotic model created by scapula-to-contralateral ilium tethering procedure in bipedal rats can preferably simulate the human scoliosis.
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Janssen MMA, de Wilde RF, Kouwenhoven JWM, Castelein RM. Experimental animal models in scoliosis research: a review of the literature. Spine J 2011; 11:347-58. [PMID: 21474088 DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2011.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2010] [Revised: 02/01/2011] [Accepted: 03/08/2011] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND CONTEXT Many animal species and an overwhelming variety of procedures that produce an experimental scoliosis have been reported in the literature. However, varying results have been reported on identical procedures in different animal species. Furthermore, the relevance of experimental animal models for the understanding of human idiopathic scoliosis remains questionable. PURPOSE To give an overview of the procedures that have been performed in animals in an attempt to induce experimental scoliosis and discuss the characteristics and significance of various animal models. STUDY DESIGN Extensive review of the literature on experimental animal models in scoliosis research. METHODS MEDLINE electronic database was searched, focusing on parameters concerning experimental scoliosis in animal models. The search was limited to the English, French, and German languages. RESULTS The chicken appeared to be the most frequently used experimental animal followed by the rabbit and rat. Additionally, scoliosis has been induced in primates, goats, sheep, pigs, cows, dogs, and frogs. Procedures widely varied from systemic to local procedures. CONCLUSIONS Although it has been possible to induce scoliosis-like deformities in many animals through various ways, this always required drastic surgical or systemic interventions, thus making the relation to human idiopathic scoliosis unclear. The basic drawback of all used models remains that no animal resembles the upright biomechanical spinal loading condition of man, with its inherent rotational instability of certain spinal segments. The fundamental question remains what the significance of these animal models is to the understanding of human idiopathic scoliosis.
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- Michiel M A Janssen
- Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Zhu F, Chu WC, Sun G, Zhu ZZ, Wang WJ, Cheng JC, Qiu Y. Rib length asymmetry in thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: is it primary or secondary? Eur Spine J 2011; 20:254-9. [PMID: 21120673 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-010-1637-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2010] [Revised: 10/29/2010] [Accepted: 11/14/2010] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The development of scoliosis in animal models after inducing asymmetric rib growth suggests the possible role of asymmetric rib growth in the etiopathogenesis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Asymmetric rib length is well recognized in idiopathic scoliosis; however, whether this rib asymmetry is primary or secondary has not been clearly documented. The objectives of this study were to investigate any rib length asymmetry in patients with AIS and compare those with scoliosis with syringomyelia (SS) with the intention of elucidating any relationship between rib growth and pathogenesis of AIS. Forty-eight AIS and 29 SS with apical vertebrae located between T7 and T9 were recruited. The average age was 13.5 ± 2.3 versus 12.5 ± 3.4 years, and the average Cobb angle of thoracic curve was 43.3° ± 16.4° versus 45.6° ± 22.6° in patients with AIS or SS, respectively. The length of all ribs was measured from the tip of costal head to the end of the same rib by built-in software on spiral computed tomography. At the levels of the apical vertebrae, the vertebrae above and below the apex, the mean discrepancy in rib length (concave minus convex rib) was 7, 4 and 7 mm, respectively, in AIS group (p < 0.01), and 6, 5 and 7 mm in SS group, respectively (p < 0.01). The rib length discrepancy between concave and convex sides was significantly correlated with the magnitude of the Cobb angle of thoracic curve in both AIS and SS groups (p < 0.01). Similar findings of the asymmetry of rib length in both AIS and SS patients pointed strongly to the fact that the rib length asymmetry in apical region is most likely secondary to the scoliosis deformity rather than playing a primary role in the etiopathogenesis.
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The Hueter-Volkmann law explains the physiological response of the growth plate under mechanical loading. This law mainly explains the pathological mechanism for growing long-bone deformities. Vertebral endplates also show a similar response under mechanical loading. Experimental studies have provided information about spinal growth modulation and, now, it is possible to explain the mechanism of the curvature progression. Convex growth arrest is shown to successfully treat deformities of the growing spine and unnecessary growth arrest of the whole spine is prevented. Both anterior and posterior parts of the convexity should be addressed to achieve a satisfactory improvement in the deformity, albeit epiphysiodesis effect cannot be stipulated at all times. Anterior vertebral body stapling without fusion yielded better results with new shape memory alloys and techniques. This method can be used with minimally invasive techniques and has the potential advantage of producing reversible physeal arrest. Instrumented posterior hemiepiphysiodesis seems to be as effective as classical combined anterior and posterior arthrodesis, where it is less invasive and morbid. Convex hemiepiphysiodesis with concave-side distraction through growing rod techniques provide a better control of the curve immediately after surgery. This method has the advantages of posterior instrumented hemiepiphysiodesis, but necessitates additional surgeries. Concave-side rib shortening and/or convex-side lengthening is an experimental method with an indirect effect on spinal growth. To conclude, whatever the cause of the spinal deformity, growth modulation can be used to manage the growing spine deformities with no or shorter segment fusions.
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- Ibrahim Akel
- />Orthopedics and Traumatology Unit, Ministry of Health, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ulucanlar, 06340 Ankara, Turkey
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- />Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, Hacettepe University, 06100 Ankara, Sihhiye, Turkey
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- John Sarwark
- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Memorial Hospital, 2300 Children's Plaza, Chicago, IL 60614, USA.
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Newton PO, Faro FD, Farnsworth CL, Shapiro GS, Mohamad F, Parent S, Fricka K. Multilevel spinal growth modulation with an anterolateral flexible tether in an immature bovine model. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2005; 30:2608-13. [PMID: 16319746 DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000188267.66847.bf] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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STUDY DESIGN A bovine model was used to evaluate the effects of a multilevel anterolateral flexible tether in a growing spine. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the radiographic changes in a growing spine with a multilevel anterolateral tether. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Spinal growth modulation has long been considered as a conceptually attractive and elegant possible alternative to arthrodesis in the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis. Although some experimental studies have described spinal growth modulation, few have described a purely mechanical tether. Clinical studies of spinal epiphysiodesis have described inconsistent curve stabilization and/or correction. METHODS A total of 33 one-month-old male calves underwent a single thoracotomy and placement of vertebral screws at T6-T9. In 11 animals, one screw per level was connected by a 3/16 in. stainless steel cable (single tether). In 11 animals, two screws per level were connected by two cables (double tether). In the remaining 11 animals, single screws in each level were left unconnected (control). After 6 months, the spines were harvested and underwent radiographic analysis. RESULTS In the control group, there was little change in the coronal and sagittal measurements during the survival period. In the single tether group, there was variable instrumentation fixation and inconsistent creation of coronal deformity, which ranged from 0 degrees to 31 degrees. The double-tether group had more consistent creation of deformity, ranging from 23 degrees to 57 degrees. CONCLUSIONS Given adequate bony fixation, a flexible lateral spinal tether can affect growth modulation. This technique of growth modulation may serve as a future fusionless method of correction in a growing patient with scoliosis.
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- Peter O Newton
- Children's Hospital and Health Center, San Diego, CA 92123, USA.
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STUDY DESIGN This study was designed to investigate the difference of rib length of idiopathic scoliosis using experimentally induced scoliosis by pinealectomy in chickens. OBJECTIVE To find whether the difference of rib length may play a role for the development of scoliosis in pinealectomized chickens. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA In experimental and clinical studies, asymmetric growth of the rib has been considered to be one of factors for the development of idiopathic scoliosis. Pinealectomy in chickens consistently produces scoliosis with lordosis, vertebral rotations, and rib humps, which have anatomic characteristics similar to those of human idiopathic scoliosis. METHODS A total of 30 chickens were divided into two groups: pinealectomy in 15 chickens and sham operation in 15 chickens served as control. The surgeries were performed on the second day after hatching. The chickens in both groups were killed at 3 months of age. The spines were examined radiologically for the presence of a scoliotic curve. Also, the ribs at each level were measured and compared between left and right sides. RESULTS All pinealectomized chickens that developed scoliosis showed rib humps. In contrast, none of chickens in a sham operation developed scoliosis. In both groups, there were no significant asymmetries in the rib length. CONCLUSION Our results indicated that rib length was not related to the experimental scoliosis examined in this study. Further study is encouraged to investigate if the asymmetric rib length plays a role in causing or promoting other types of scoliosis, especially in primate or human idiopathic scoliosis.
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- Masafumi Machida
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Murayama Medical Center, Musashimurayama-shi, Tokyo, Japan.
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D'Attilio M, Filippi MR, Femminella B, Festa F, Tecco S. The influence of an experimentally-induced malocclusion on vertebral alignment in rats: a controlled pilot study. Cranio 2005; 23:119-29. [PMID: 15898568 DOI: 10.1179/crn.2005.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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There is a growing interest in the relationship between occlusion and posture because of a greater incidence of neck and trunk pain in patients with occlusal dysfunction. The study was designed to verify whether an alteration of the spinal column alignment may be experimentally induced in rats as a consequence of altering dental occlusion and also to investigate whether the spinal column underwent any further changes when normal occlusion was then restored. Thirty rats were divided into two groups. Fifteen (15) rats (test group) wore an occlusal bite pad made of composite resin on the maxillary right first molar for a week (T1). The same rats wore a second composite bite pad for another week on the left first molar in order to rebalance dental occlusion (T2). Fifteen rats were included in an untreated control group. All the rats underwent total body radiographs at T0 (before the occlusal pad was placed), at T1 (one week after application of a resin occlusal bite pad on the maxillary left first molar) and at T2 (one week after application of a second resin occlusal bite pad on the maxillary right first molar). A scoliotic curve developed in all the test rats at T1. There were no alterations of spinal position observed in any of the control rats. Additionally, the spinal column returned to normal condition in 83% of the test rats when the balance in occlusal function was restored. The alignment of the spinal column seemed to be influenced by the dental occlusion.
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Carrier J, Aubin CE, Villemure I, Labelle H. Biomechanical modelling of growth modulation following rib shortening or lengthening in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Med Biol Eng Comput 2004; 42:541-8. [PMID: 15320465 DOI: 10.1007/bf02350997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A biomechanical model was developed to evaluate the long-term correction resulting from rib shortening or lengthening in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). A finite element model of the trunk, personalised to the geometry of a scoliotic patient, was used to simulate rib surgery. Stress relaxation of ligaments following surgery was integrated into the model, as well as longitudinal growth of vertebral bodies and ribs and its modulation due to mechanical stresses. Simulations were performed in an iterative fashion over 24 months. A concave side rib shortening, inducing load patterns on the vertebral end-plates that could act against the scoliosis progression, was tested. A fractional factorial experimental design of 16 runs documented the effects of six modelling parameters. Wedging of the apical vertebra in the frontal plane decreased from 5.2 degrees initially to a mean value of 3.8 degrees after 24 months. The wedging decrease in the thoracic apical region was reflected by changes in the spine curvature, with a Cobb angle decrease from 46 degrees to 44 degrees immediately after the surgery and to a mean of 41 degrees after 24 months. However, both rib hump and vertebral axial rotation increased, on average, by 4 degrees at the curve apex. The most significant parameters were the growth sensitivity to stress in ribs and vertebrae and the rate of stress relaxation of intercostal ligaments. The results confirmed the potential of long-term correction of spinal curvature resulting from the rib shortening on the concavity. This modelling approach could be used for further design of less invasive surgery, taking into account residual growth, for scoliosis correction.
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- J Carrier
- Biomedical Engineering Institute, Ecole Polytechnique/University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Sevastik J, Burwell RG, Dangerfield PH. A new concept for the etiopathogenesis of the thoracospinal deformity of idiopathic scoliosis: summary of an electronic focus group debate of the IBSE. Eur Spine J 2003; 12:440-50. [PMID: 12955611 PMCID: PMC3467792 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-002-0489-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2002] [Revised: 06/27/2002] [Accepted: 07/15/2002] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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There is no generally accepted scientific theory for the etiology of idiopathic scoliosis, and treatment is pragmatic and unrelated to such knowledge. As part of its mission to widen understanding of scoliosis etiology, the International Federated Body on Scoliosis Etiology (IBSE) introduced the electronic focus group (EFG) as a means of increasing debate of extant knowledge on important topics. This has been designated as an on-line Delphi discussion, and has proven very successful. The text for this EFG was written by Professor Sevastik and drawn from the extensive research carried out by himself and his co-workers. The thoracospinal concept of etiopathogenesis applies only to girls with right thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (Rcx-T-AIS-F). According to this concept, increased longitudinal growth of the left periapical ribs triggers the thoracic curve simultaneously in the three cardinal planes. The concept does not deal with factors involved in curve progression. Sevastik advocates mini-invasive operations on the ribs as a treatment for early progressive thoracic curves. Areas of controversy include whether or not there is overgrowth of the left periapical ribs in Rcx-T-AIS-F, and the question of whether there should be a clinical trial of mini-invasive operations on the ribs.
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STUDY DESIGN This study was designed to investigate the pathologic mechanisms of idiopathic scoliosis using experimentally induced scoliosis in chickens. OBJECTIVE To understand the process of producing a scoliotic deformity in pinealectomized chickens. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Pinealectomy in chickens consistently produces scoliosis with anatomic characteristics similar to those of human idiopathic scoliosis. Pinealectomized chickens are an important animal model for the study of idiopathic scoliosis. METHODS In this study, 40 chickens were divided into two groups; 20 chickens treated with pinealectomy and 20 with a sham operation as control subjects on the second after hatching. The chickens in both groups then were killed at intervals ranging from 1 to 20 weeks after surgery. Their spines were examined visually and radiologically for the presence of a scoliotic curve and vertebral deformities. RESULTS Rotational lordoscoliosis developed in pinealectomized chickens. The chickens with severe scoliosis were characterized by apically wedge-shaped vertebrae. In contrast, no scoliosis with any vertebral deformity developed in any of the chickens that received a sham operation. CONCLUSIONS Because there normally is evidence of lordosis in the thoracic spine of chickens, the rotational instability of the spine induced by pinealectomy may produce a scoliotic deformity as a secondary phenomenon. Pinealectomy in chickens consistently produces scoliosis with anatomic characteristics similar to those of human idiopathic scoliosis. The authors believe that disturbance of the equilibrium and the posture mechanism associated with a defect in melatonin synthesis after pinealectomy may promote the development of rotational lordoscoliosis.
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- M Machida
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biochemistry, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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STUDY DESIGN A radiographic examination of pinealectomized rats to observe the development of scoliosis and halt the condition by administration of melatonin. OBJECTIVES To discover whether pinealectomy has the same effect in mammals as shown in the chicken, and to determine whether the bipedal condition is important for development of scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Pinealectomizing chickens shortly after hatching consistently resulted in scoliosis closely resembling human idiopathic scoliosis. It has not been determined whether this phenomenon is restricted solely to chickens, or if this experimental model is applicable to other animals, especially those more closely related to humans. METHODS A sham operation in five bipedal rats served as the control in this study. Pinealectomy was performed in 10 quadrupedal rats, pinealectomy in 20 bipedal rats, and pinealectomy with implantation of melatonin pellet in 10 bipedal rats. Spinal radiographs were used to measure the degree of scoliosis at 3 months after surgery. RESULTS Scoliosis developed only in pinealectomized bipedal rats and not in quadrupedal rats. It developed in none of the sham operation group and in only 1 of 10 pinealectomized bipedal rats with melatonin treatment. CONCLUSIONS Melatonin deficiency secondary to pinealectomy alone does not produce scoliosis if the quadrupedal condition is maintained. The bipedal condition, such as that in chickens or humans, plays an important role in the development of scoliosis. The findings suggest a critical influence of a postural mechanism for the development of scoliosis.
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- M Machida
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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STUDY DESIGN Pinealectomy induces experimental scoliosis in chickens. This study analyzed the natural course and characteristics of the scoliosis that developed after pinealectomy. OBJECTIVES To investigate the natural course of experimental scoliosis after pinealectomy in chickens and determine its similarity to idiopathic scoliosis in humans. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA. Pinealectomy affects the systemic hormonal balance and consistently induces progressive scoliosis in chickens. METHODS Thirty five chickens were divided into two groups, a pinealectomy group (n = 25) and a control group (n = 10). At the age of 3 days, all chickens in the pinealectomy group underwent surgery. Spinal radiographs of all chickens were taken at 2-week intervals until the age of 16 weeks. RESULTS There was no alteration of spinal alignment in the control group. Seventeen chickens in the pinealectomy group had scoliosis (17 degrees-85 degrees) that featured a three-dimensional spinal deformity consisting of both lateral curvature and vertebral rotation with rib humps. The scoliosis progressed to become slight, moderate, or severe as the chickens grew older. Pinealectomized chickens showed several other differences from chickens of the normal control group, such as poor weight gain, underdeveloped cockscombs, and late onset of egg laying. CONCLUSIONS The scoliosis developing in chickens after pinealectomy was similar to human idiopathic scoliosis, and thus seems to be a useful model of idiopathic scoliosis.
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- T Kanemura
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan
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Sevastik B, Xiong B, Sevastik J, Lindgren U, Willers U. Rib-vertebral angle asymmetry in idiopathic, neuromuscular and experimentally induced scoliosis. Eur Spine J 1997; 6:84-8. [PMID: 9209873 PMCID: PMC3454587 DOI: 10.1007/bf01358737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The concave and convex rib-vertebral angle (RVA) at levels T2-T12 was measured on AP radiographs of 19 patients with right convex idiopathic thoracic scoliosis and 10 patients with major thoracic right convex neuromuscular scoliosis. The difference between the angles on the concave and the convex sides, the RVAD, was calculated. The RVAs were also measured on radiographs from three animal groups in which spinal curves had been induced experimentally in a variety of ways. Group 1 comprised 16 rabbits that had been subjected to selective electrostimulation of the latissimus dorsi, the erector spinae and the intercostal muscles. Group 2 comprised four dead rabbits whose spines had been subjected to manual bending. Group 3 comprised eight rabbits that had undergone mechanical elongation of one rib. In both the idiopathic and the neuromuscular group, the convex RVA was smaller than the concave RVA between levels T2 and T8, with a maximal difference between T4 to T5. From T9 to T12 the concave RVA was smaller than the convex. The RVA in relation to the scoliotic segment, i.e. the apex level of the curve and the two neighbouring vertebrae above and below this level, showed similar results. With increasing Cobb angle the RVADs increased linearly with the greatest difference at the second vertebra above the apex. In the three experimental groups the pattern of the RVADs between T6 to T12 was basically similar to the findings of the clinical study. From the results of these clinical and experimental studies, it is concluded that the typical pattern of the RVAs on the concave and convex sides seems to be independent of the underlying cause of the spinal curvature. It is likely that the RVADs result from a passive mechanical adaptation of the ribs to the lateral curvature of the spine.
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- B Sevastik
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden
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