21 research outputs found
The potential risk of spinal cord injury from pedicle screw at the apex of adolescent idiopathic thoracic scoliosis: magnetic resonance imaging evaluation
Circumferential convex growth arrest by posterior approach for double cervicothoracic curves in congenital scoliosis
How is the trachea at risk of injury from pedicle screw insertion in proximal thoracic curve of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients?
Factors favoring regain of the lost vertical spinal height through posterior spinal fusion in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Expertâs comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled âSurgical treatment of a 180° thoracolumbar fixed kyphosis in a young achondroplastic patient: a one stage âin situâ combined fusion and spinal cord translocationâ (by J. C. AurĂ©gan, T. Odent, M. Zerah, J.-P. Padovani and C. Glorion)
An expert comment is provided for the case of an 18-year-old male achondroplastic patient with a severe thoracolumbar kyphosis and spinal stenosis managed with a five level hemilaminotomy, a decancellation osteotomy of the three apical vertebrae and circumferential fusion. A review incidence, presenting symptoms and treatment options for thoracolumbar kyphosis in adults with achondroplasia, is provided