Should L3 be selected as the lowest instrumented vertebra in patients with Lenke type 5C adolescent idiopathic scoliosis whose lowest end vertebra is L4?

Banno, Tomohiro; Yamato, Yu; Oba, Hiroki; Ohba, Tetsuro; Hasegawa, Tomohiko; Yoshida, Go; Arima, Hideyuki; Oe, Shin; Mihara, Yuki; Ushirozako, Hiroki; Takahashi, Jun; Haro, Hirotaka; Matsuyama, Yukihiro

Banno, Tomohiro; Yamato, Yu; Oba, Hiroki; Ohba, Tetsuro; Hasegawa, Tomohiko; Yoshida, Go; Arima, Hideyuki; Oe, Shin; Mihara, Yuki; Ushirozako, Hiroki; Takahashi, Jun; Haro, Hirotaka; Matsuyama, Yukihiro.

Banno T; 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka.
Yamato Y; 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka.
Oba H; 2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Nagano; and.
Ohba T; 3Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yamanashi University, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan.
Hasegawa T; 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka.
Yoshida G; 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka.
Arima H; 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka.
Oe S; 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka.
Mihara Y; 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka.
Ushirozako H; 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka.
Takahashi J; 2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Nagano; and.
Haro H; 3Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yamanashi University, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan.
Matsuyama Y; 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka.