Ocakoğlu, GökhanTaşkapılıoğlu, Mevlüt ÖzgürKaya, İsmail SeçkinAkesen, BurakDoğan, Şeref2024-10-022024-10-022023-01-011019-5149https://doi.org/10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.38065-22.2https://www.turkishneurosurgery.org.tr/abstract.php?id=2757https://hdl.handle.net/11452/45652AIM: To investigate the preoperative and postoperative differences in the upper-body and spinal shapes of patients with scoliosis. MATERIAL and METHODS: Digitized two-dimensional X-ray images were used to obtain the shapes of the upper-body and spine. The preoperative and postoperative mean shapes were compared by using a Generalized Procrustes analysis. The thin plate spline (TPS) method was used to evaluate the spinal shape deformation between the preoperative and postoperative periods.RESULTS: The pre-and postoperative upper-body and spinal shape differences were significant. The TPS graphics showed high-level deformations between the pre-and postoperative periods. The left superior border of the L4 spinous process showed the highest deformation.CONCLUSION: The preoperative and postoperative upper-body and spinal shape differences and structural deformations that correlated with scoliosis were shown to be significant.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessBraceCobb angleStatistical shape analysisScoliosisPediatricNeurosciences & neurologySurgeryArticle00097499610001125225733210.5137/1019-5149.JTN.38065-22.2