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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1934;16:65-68.
© 1934 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

GEOMETRICAL ANALYSIS OF SCOLIOTIC SPINES

CHARLES J. SUTRO M.D.1 and MAURICE M. POMERANZ M.D.1

1 Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York

A method is proposed, whereby the amount of compensation or decompensation of a scoliotic spine can be accurately measured by comparing the geometrical figures formed by lines drawn from the second to the ninth ribs on both sides. The normal outline of the chest is designated as a trapezoid and abnormal chests in scoliotics show geometrical variations from that outline. The correction of a scoliotic curve should tend to produce a geometrical outline of the chest, approximately of trapezoid type.


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