Abstract
Background The pedicle screw rod system is believed to correction of 3-dimensional deformity and maintain the results of the correction, so the better sagittal balance correction can be expected. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study on 43 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients who performed correction, stabilization and posterior fusion to determine the effect of spinal and spinopelvic components on sagittal balance correction. X-ray data were measured for thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis as the spinal components and pelvic incidence (PI), pelvic tilt (PT), and sacral slope (SS) as the spinopelvic components. Further evaluations include sagittal spinal balance (C7PL), global sagittal balance, and sacrofemoral distance pre- and post-surgery. Statistical evaluation is performed to determine the correlation between the spinal and the spinopelvic components and the achievement of sagittal balance correction. Results TK/Sagittal Modifier obtained a significant correction with an average is 18.69° (±9.57), while LL (lumbar lordosis) has 44.58 ° (±11.94). Average of C7PL correction is 0.68 cm (±3.13), Global Sagittal Balance is -2.04 cm (±3.24), and SCFD is 2.69 cm (±2.48). The TK/LL degree doesn’t significantly influence on Global Sagittal Balance and C7PL. The TK degree significantly affects SCFD, whereas LL doesn’t significantly affect SCFD. Changes in each spinopelvic component are not significant in affecting Global Sagittal Balance. Conclusions Correction and stabilization of AIS’s patients using the pedicle screw rod system resulted in significant Spinal Component TK/Sagittal Modifier and LL correction. Meanwhile, Spinopelvic Components didn’t achieve significant correction. Mean correction of C7PL is -2.66 (±4.4) and Global Sagittal is -3.11 cm (±4.94), SCFD only managed to correct 37.3%. Global Sagittal Balance is not significantly affected by all components of Spinopelvic components, while the C7PL is only affected by PT. Only PT and SS that significantly affected SCFD.