Frontal static deformity of the spinal-and-pelvic complex in patients with unilateral and bilateral coxarthrosis

Abstract

42 patients with unilateral and bilateral coxarthrosis have been examined in standing position using roentgenography technique in order to diagnose deformities of the spinal-and-pelvic complex in the frontal plane. Among them pelvic distortions in the frontal plane have been diagnosed in 30 patients. Nine types of the spinal-and-pelvic complex deformities have been revealed by the analysis of static spine and pelvis changes. The criteria for assessment of spinal-and-pelvic relation changes have been described. The spine and pelvis roentgenography in standing position in the anteroposterior view combined with clinical examination allows to reveal various types of relation disorders in the spinal-and-pelvic complex.