PMID- 27942937 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180221 LR - 20181202 IS - 1432-0932 (Electronic) IS - 0940-6719 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 6 DP - 2017 Jun TI - Factors affecting the outcome in appearance of AIS surgery in terms of the minimal clinically important difference. PG - 1782-1788 LID - 10.1007/s00586-016-4857-x [doi] AB - PURPOSE: The minimal clinically important difference (MCID) of the Appearance domain of the SRS-22 questionnaire is an increase >/=1.0 in surgically treated patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). However, no study has sought to identify the factors associated with an SRS-22 Appearance score increase greater than the MCID at 2 years. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was performed on a prospectively collected multicenter database of 1020 surgically treated AIS patients with a minimum 2-year follow-up. Patients were divided into two cohorts: "I" = Improved after surgery (Delta Appearance >/=1.0) and "NI" = Not improved after surgery (Delta Appearance <1.0). Univariate regression was used to find a significant difference between the cohorts for individual measures. Multivariate logistic regression was used to find continuous predictors. RESULTS: 663 (65%) patients were improved greater than the MCID, and 357 were not improved (35%). The improved cohort trended toward a greater percentage of underweight patients (p = 0.074) with lower preoperative SRS Appearance scores (p < 0.001) and larger preoperative trunk shifts (p = 0.033). Postoperatively, those patients with greater percent correction of thoracic (p = 0.021) and lumbar (p = 0.003) Cobb angles, smaller apical lumbar translation (p = 0.006), and a greater correction in trunk shift (p = 0.003) were most likely to attain the MCID. CONCLUSION: Several factors influence which patients are most likely to attain the MCID following surgery for AIS. Factors such as preoperative appearance scores and body weight are patient specific; other factors such as percent correction of the thoracic and lumbar Cobb angles, trunk shift, and lumbar apical translation may be influenced by the surgeon. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II. FAU - Bennett, James T AU - Bennett JT AD - Shriners Hospitals for Children, 3551 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, 19140, PA, USA. FAU - Samdani, Amer F AU - Samdani AF AD - Shriners Hospitals for Children, 3551 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, 19140, PA, USA. asamdani@shrinenet.org. FAU - Bastrom, Tracey P AU - Bastrom TP AD - Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA. FAU - Ames, Robert J AU - Ames RJ AD - Shriners Hospitals for Children, 3551 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, 19140, PA, USA. FAU - Miyanji, Firoz AU - Miyanji F AD - British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada. FAU - Pahys, Joshua M AU - Pahys JM AD - Shriners Hospitals for Children, 3551 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, 19140, PA, USA. FAU - Marks, Michelle C AU - Marks MC AD - Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation, San Diego, CA, USA. FAU - Lonner, Baron S AU - Lonner BS AD - NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY, USA. FAU - Newton, Peter O AU - Newton PO AD - Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA. FAU - Shufflebarger, Harry L AU - Shufflebarger HL AD - Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami, FL, USA. FAU - Yaszay, Burt AU - Yaszay B AD - Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA. FAU - Flynn, John M AU - Flynn JM AD - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. FAU - Betz, Randal R AU - Betz RR AD - Institute for Spine and Scoliosis, Lawrenceville, NJ, USA. FAU - Cahill, Patrick J AU - Cahill PJ AD - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20161209 PL - Germany TA - Eur Spine J JT - European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society JID - 9301980 SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Body Weight MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - *Minimal Clinically Important Difference MH - Multivariate Analysis MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Scoliosis/*surgery OTO - NOTNLM OT - MCID OT - Minimal clinically important difference OT - Outcome OT - SRS questionnaire OT - Scoliosis EDAT- 2016/12/13 06:00 MHDA- 2018/02/22 06:00 CRDT- 2016/12/13 06:00 PHST- 2016/06/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/10/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/09/29 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/12/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/02/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/12/13 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00586-016-4857-x [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00586-016-4857-x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur Spine J. 2017 Jun;26(6):1782-1788. doi: 10.1007/s00586-016-4857-x. Epub 2016 Dec 9.