Improved immediate postoperative T4-L1 hip axis with use of pre-contoured patient-specific rods versus surgeon-contoured rods in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

J Spine Surg · 2026 · PMC13263568 · PMID 42294369

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At the most recent follow-up, attainment of the T4-L1PA goal was more frequent in the pre-contoured cohort (72.7%) than in the surgeon-contoured cohort (57.5%); however, this difference did not reach statistical significance (P=0.18).

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