B. Sevastik
Karolinska Institutet
15 Papers
189 Citations
B. Sevastik is an academic researcher from Karolinska Institutet. The author has contributed to research in topics: Scoliosis & Cobb angle. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 15 publications.
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Papers
Sagittal configuration of the spine and growth of the posterior elements in early scoliosis.
TL;DR: The results indicate that changes of the sagittal configuration of the spine occur early in idiopathic scoliosis and that they are associated with disturbed growth of the vertebral body but not of the posterior elements, which seems to reflect a simulataneous deformation in the coronal and sagittal planes.
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Effects of rib elongation on the spine. I. Distortion of the vertebral alignment in the rabbit.
TL;DR: The observed changes in the alignment of the vertebrae—changes that, except for their direction on the horizontal plane, resembled those associated with idiopathic scoliosis in man—support the earlier proposed link between the early stage of development of this, condition and asymmetry of rib growth.
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Effects of rib elongation on the spine. II. Correction of scoliosis in the rabbit.
TL;DR: The results support a new concept in which the precipitating factor in the development of scoliosis is ascribed to asymmetric longitudinal growth of the ribs and suggest that regulation of the rib length could be a promising approach to the effective correction of progressive scolia in man.
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Induction of Scoliosis in the Growing Rabbit by Unilateral Rib-Growth Stimulation:
TL;DR: Growing rabbits were subjected to surgical resection of the intercostal nerves on the right side, posteriorly or anteriorly, for induction of scoliosis and analysis of structural changes by computed tomography showed rotation of the apical vertebra about the longitudinal axis.
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Vertebral rotation and pedicle length asymmetry in the normal adult spine.
TL;DR: The results indicate that the normal spine is afflicted with a vertebral rotation to the right in association with a longer pedicle on the left, and the significance of these observations for the pathogenesis of idiopathic scoliosis remain uncertain.
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