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. 2023 Feb 23;24(1):145.
doi: 10.1186/s12891-023-06257-5.

The Obeid-coronal malalignment classification is reliable and helps guiding decision-making and surgical management of adult spinal deformities: letter to the editor of BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Anouar Bourghli  1 , Louis Boissière  2 , Ibrahim Obeid  2
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The Obeid-coronal malalignment classification is reliable and helps guiding decision-making and surgical management of adult spinal deformities: letter to the editor of BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Anouar Bourghli et al. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. .

Abstract

A recently published article by Zhang et al. in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders reported that the classification of coronal deformity based on preoperative global coronal malalignment for adult spinal deformity is questionable. The aim of the paper was to specifically discredit the Obeid-Coronal Malalignment (O-CM) classification. In this correspondence, we thought it judicious to clarify misunderstood concepts by the authors. We highlight several limitations of their study, and explain the deep interest of the classification from our perspective in order to avoid misleading the readers. Overarching, we aim to help the colleagues through a constructive rather than destructive approach to better understand the foundations of a coronal malalignment classification.

Keywords: Coronal malalignment; Obeid classification; Spinal deformity.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interests.

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