TY - JOUR
T1 - Reliability of radiographic assessment of growth modulation from anterior vertebral body tethering surgery in pediatric scoliosis
AU - Pediatric Spine Study Group
AU - Photopoulos, Gregory
AU - Hurry, Jennifer
AU - Murphy, Joshua
AU - Brooks, Jaysson
AU - Fitzgerald, Ryan
AU - Louer, Craig
AU - Shaw, Kenneth
AU - Smit, Kevin
AU - Miyanji, Firoz
AU - Parent, Stefan
AU - El-Hawary, Ron
N1 - Funding Information:
Gregory Photopoulos received a studentship from Dalhousie University during the conduct of the study. Jennifer Hurry has nothing to disclose. Joshua Murphy—reports personal fees from Depuy Synthes Spine, personal fees from Orthopeditrics, outside the submitted work. Jaysson Brooks—reports working as consultant with Depuy Synthes and OrthoPediatrics, outside the submitted work. Ryan Fitzgerald—reports personal fees from Medtronic, personal fees from Depuy Synthes, personal fees from Orthopediatrics, outside the submitted work. Craig Loeur has nothing to disclose. Kenneth Shaw—Committee member for AAOS and NASS. Kevin Smit—reports grants from Zimmer BioMet, grants from Medtronics, grants from SpinoModulation, outside the submitted work. Firoz Miyanji—DePuy, A Johnson & Johnson Company: Paid consultant; Research support. Orthopediatrics: Paid consultant. Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America: Board or committee member. Stryker: Paid consultant. Zimmer: IP royalties; Paid consultant. Stefan Parent—reports personal fees from EOS-imaging, personal fees from Spinologics, personal fees from K2M, personal fees from EOS-imaging, personal fees from DePuy Synthes Spine, other from Academic Research chair in spine deformities of the CHU Sainte-Justine (DePuy), grants from DePuy Synthes Spine, grants from Canadian Institutes of Health Research, grants from Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, grants from Scoliosis Research Society, grants from EOS imaging, grants from Canadian Foundation for Innovation, grants from Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation, grants from Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada, grants from Fonds de recherche Québec—Santé, grants and other from Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, other from DePuy Synthes, other from Medtronic, other from Orthopaediatrics, outside the submitted work. Pediatric Spine Study Group reports grants from DePuy Synthes Spine, grants from Medtronic, grants from NuVasive, grants from Globus Medical Inc., grants from OrthoPediatrics, grants from Zimmer Biomet, grants from Pediatric Spine Foundation, grants from Stryker, outside the submitted work. Ron El-Hawary reports personal fees from Depuy Synthes Spine, personal fees from Medtronic Spine, grants from Depuy Synthes Spine, grants from Medtronic Spine, personal fees from Orthopediatrics, other from Pediatric Spine Foundation, other from Scoliosis Research Society, outside the submitted work.
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Purpose: To assess the reliability of vertebral height and angular measurements for anterior vertebral body tethering (AVBT). Methods: Eight observers measured PA radiographs of 15 idiopathic scoliosis patients treated with AVBT, pre-operative and 4-year follow-up. Vertebral wedging, disc wedging, convex vertebral body heights, and concave vertebral body heights of the 3 apical vertebrae were measured. For each observer, there were a total of 90 measurements for vertebral body height and 75 measurements for all wedging types At least 14 days elapsed between first and second round measurements. Results: From the pre-operative to the 4-year follow-up time-point, the total wedging angle over the 3 peri-apical levels fell from 30 ± 7° to 16 ± 6° (p < 0.001) and the difference between the convex and concave vertebral heights decreased from 9 ± 4 to 6 ± 3 mm (p < 0.001). Interobserver agreement for pre-operative vertebral body heights was good [ICC = 0.80; 95% CI (0.74–0.85)]. At 4-year follow-up there was a moderate agreement [ICC = 0.67 (0.59–0.74)]. There was a poor interobserver agreement for pre-operative wedging angle measurements [ICC = 0.41 (0.32–0.52)] and 4-year follow-up [ICC = 0.45 (0.36–0.56)]. The Limits of Agreement with the Mean (LOAM) for pre-op heights was ± 2.4 mm, similar to the follow-up ± 2.6 mm. When raters are averaged in random groups of two the agreement limits decrease to ± 1.8 mm pre-op and ± 1.6 mm at follow-up. Similarly for wedging angles, LOAM values among the 8 observers of ± 4.6° pre-op and ± 4.2° dropped to ± 2.7° for both pre-op and follow-up when random groups of two raters were averaged together. Intraobserver agreement ranged from good to excellent per individual (ICC = 0.84–0.94) for pre-operative vertebral body heights, but this decreased at 4-year follow-up (ICC = 0.52–0.88). Intraobserver agreement was low overall for wedging (pre-operative ICC = 0.41–0.71; 4-year follow-up ICC = 0.41–0.76). Conclusion: Based on 8 individual observers, interobserver agreement ranged from good (pre-operative vertebral body heights) to moderate (4-year follow-up vertebral body heights) to poor (all wedging angles). To improve the reliability of the measurement of wedging angles, we recommend averaging the measurements of at least two observers.
AB - Purpose: To assess the reliability of vertebral height and angular measurements for anterior vertebral body tethering (AVBT). Methods: Eight observers measured PA radiographs of 15 idiopathic scoliosis patients treated with AVBT, pre-operative and 4-year follow-up. Vertebral wedging, disc wedging, convex vertebral body heights, and concave vertebral body heights of the 3 apical vertebrae were measured. For each observer, there were a total of 90 measurements for vertebral body height and 75 measurements for all wedging types At least 14 days elapsed between first and second round measurements. Results: From the pre-operative to the 4-year follow-up time-point, the total wedging angle over the 3 peri-apical levels fell from 30 ± 7° to 16 ± 6° (p < 0.001) and the difference between the convex and concave vertebral heights decreased from 9 ± 4 to 6 ± 3 mm (p < 0.001). Interobserver agreement for pre-operative vertebral body heights was good [ICC = 0.80; 95% CI (0.74–0.85)]. At 4-year follow-up there was a moderate agreement [ICC = 0.67 (0.59–0.74)]. There was a poor interobserver agreement for pre-operative wedging angle measurements [ICC = 0.41 (0.32–0.52)] and 4-year follow-up [ICC = 0.45 (0.36–0.56)]. The Limits of Agreement with the Mean (LOAM) for pre-op heights was ± 2.4 mm, similar to the follow-up ± 2.6 mm. When raters are averaged in random groups of two the agreement limits decrease to ± 1.8 mm pre-op and ± 1.6 mm at follow-up. Similarly for wedging angles, LOAM values among the 8 observers of ± 4.6° pre-op and ± 4.2° dropped to ± 2.7° for both pre-op and follow-up when random groups of two raters were averaged together. Intraobserver agreement ranged from good to excellent per individual (ICC = 0.84–0.94) for pre-operative vertebral body heights, but this decreased at 4-year follow-up (ICC = 0.52–0.88). Intraobserver agreement was low overall for wedging (pre-operative ICC = 0.41–0.71; 4-year follow-up ICC = 0.41–0.76). Conclusion: Based on 8 individual observers, interobserver agreement ranged from good (pre-operative vertebral body heights) to moderate (4-year follow-up vertebral body heights) to poor (all wedging angles). To improve the reliability of the measurement of wedging angles, we recommend averaging the measurements of at least two observers.
KW - AVBT
KW - Growth modulation
KW - Radiographic
KW - Vertebral body tethering
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U2 - 10.1007/s43390-022-00570-0
DO - 10.1007/s43390-022-00570-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 35997944
AN - SCOPUS:85136929689
SN - 2212-134X
JO - Spine deformity
JF - Spine deformity
ER -