OBJECTIVE: This study was to evaluate the angle of cervical lordosis in patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) ranked in Lenke I pre- and postoperatively. METHODS: Prospective and descriptive study, which evaluated patients with AIS and documented anthropometric measures. We assessed the angulations of the radiographs (orthostatic position) in cervical profile of C3 to C7 in the pre- and post-operative setting as the normal cervical lordosis between 10 and 30 degrees. RESULTS: A total of 26 patients with AIS, the majority being female (73%) with mean age of 14.3 years. We noted that in the pre-operative 42.3% of patients had reduced cervical lordosis (<10°) and 38.6%, reversal of this angle (<0°). Postoperatively, all patients had improvement in cervical angle in relation to physiological levels, with 69,3% of patients achieving the desired normal angle and no cervical spine of patients maintained reversal of cervical lordosis. CONCLUSIONS: Surgical correction of scoliosis has led to the secondary improvement of angulation of the cervical lordosis,
Spine; Spinal diseases; Scoliosis; Lordosis; Radiography
