Preoperative Recognition of Vertebral Number Variations in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Series of Four Cases
Asim Abdelgader A Farah, Rana Alrasheed, Waqar Hassan · 2026
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Asim Farah and two co-authors report four cases showing why spine surgeons must count vertebrae before operating, in this 2026 case series. The patients were teenagers with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, a sideways curve of the spine with no clear cause. Each had an unusual number of chest or lower-back vertebrae, a variation that is not rare but is often missed.
Whole-spine X-rays taken standing revealed the odd counts before surgery. The authors lay out each patient's count, curve pattern, classification, and planned fusion levels to show how the variation changes the plan. Picking the wrong level can mean fusing the wrong segment. They argue that careful counting on routine films costs little and can spare patients longer operations, extra expense, and complications.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Asim Abdelgader A Farah, Rana Alrasheed, Waqar Hassan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 14 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |