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• This study addresses a specific limitation of standard rod derotation — its inability to meaningfully correct axial rotation — and demonstrates a screw-manipulation technique that directly targets the transverse plane, the component of scoliotic deformity most resistant to correction with rod-based maneuvers alone. • For residents learning segmental pedicle screw constructs, this paper is a useful reference point for understanding why coronal Cobb angle correction alone does not equate to full three-dimensional deformity correction, and how apical/juxta-apical screw derotation can be added to a standard construct. • The CT-based quantification of apical vertebral rotation before and after surgery gives trainees a concrete way to think about and measure rotational correction, rather than relying on radiographic rib-vertebral or Cobb measures alone.
No article notes available at this time.
• This study addresses a specific limitation of standard rod derotation — its inability to meaningfully correct axial rotation — and demonstrates a screw-manipulation technique that directly targets the transverse plane, the component of scoliotic deformity most resistant to correction with rod-based maneuvers alone. • For residents learning segmental pedicle screw constructs, this paper is a useful reference point for understanding why coronal Cobb angle correction alone does not equate to full three-dimensional deformity correction, and how apical/juxta-apical screw derotation can be added to a standard construct. • The CT-based quantification of apical vertebral rotation before and after surgery gives trainees a concrete way to think about and measure rotational correction, rather than relying on radiographic rib-vertebral or Cobb measures alone.