Disc volume properties from MRI in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: correlation to surgical outcome

Pascal Swider (1) , Jérôme Briot (2) , Erik Estivalèzes (1) , Jérôme Sales de Gauzy (1)

1 IMFT - Institut de mécanique des fluides de Toulouse
2 Laboratoire de biomécanique

In young scoliotic patients, the post-operative consequence of spine fusion upon the free lower lumbar spine is one of the major concerns of the surgical treatment. The remodeling of free-motion segment and the role of discs below thoraco-lumbar fusions remains unknown. However, disc hydration and mass exchange flow between disc and vertebral body should play a significant role in the mechano-biology of the vertebral segment. Magnetic resonance imaging is relevant to study intervertebral discs in young scoliotic patients since related to hydration and non-radiant.

Mots clés: Intervertebral-disc MRI

Domaines: Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]; Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]; Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]; Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]

Pascal Swider, Jérôme Briot, Erik Estivalèzes, Jérôme Sales de Gauzy. Disc volume properties from MRI in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: correlation to surgical outcome. 10th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering - CMBBE 2012, Apr 2012, Berlin, Germany. pp.0. ⟨hal-04023071⟩