STUDY DESIGN A retrospective cohort study. PURPOSE To analyze differences in between the unipedicular vs. bipedicular balloon kyphoplasty for the treatment of multiple myeloma lesions. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Both vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are reported to be effective for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures in multiple myeloma patients. Kyphoplasty is often performed with a...

Study design: Case Report. Objective: To present one case suffering from delayed neurologic deficit after kyphosis deformity correction and analyze its potential etiological factors, how to identify and treat it. Summary of background data: Tardive neurologic deficits occur much less than acute ones after corrections of spinal deformities. Currently some risk factors, such as postoperative hypo...

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Neurofibromatosis is an autosomal-dominant hereditary disorder with two subtypes: NF-1 (type I) and NF-2 (type II). NF-1 is a complex disorder with a constellation of manifestations that can also entail skeletal abnormalities, including spinal deformity of a noncongenital nature with early age onset. The short, sharp, angular curve usually present in the thoracic region, as e...

OBJECTIVE To present the incidence and management of dural tears and cerebrospinal fluid leakage during corrective osteotomy [Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy (PSO) or Smith-Petersen Osteotomy (SPO)] for ankylosing spondylitis with kyphotic deformity. METHODS A retrospective study was performed for ankylosing spondylitis patients with fixed sagittal imbalance, who had undergone corrective osteot...

Objective: Thoracolumbar kyphotic deformity is a common complication in the late stage of ankylosing spondylitis. The aim of this study was to compare the correction efficacy for ankylosing spondylitis kyphosis using preoperative osteotomy designs of papercut (PC)/splice and Photoshop (PS). Methods: This was a retrospective study of 35 patients with ankylosing spondylitis and thoracolumbar kyph...

Objective: To compare the clinical outcomes of anterior video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and the posterior-only approach for surgically treating mono-segmental thoracic spinal tuberculosis (TB) in adults. Methods: Between December 2008 and December 2010, we enrolled 52 males and 38 females. Fifty-two patients (mean age, 42.3±11.5 years; range, 22-66 years) in group A underwent anteri...

AIM To evaluate the duration of hospitalization and factors that increase this in cases treated neonatal intensive care unit with diagnosis a spinal neural tube defect (NTD). MATERIAL AND METHODS The demographic characteristics, NTD type level, ventriculoperitoneal (V-P) shunt needs, accompanying deformity, antibiotherapy applied during treatment, stay periods 73 patients our clinic between Jul...

Hemivertebrae are a common cause of congenital scoliosis. Depending on their location and the magnitude of the resultant deformity, they may be asymptomatic or require treatment. In the past, treatment has focused on prevention of deformity progression in growing children. Little has been written about congenital scoliosis presenting in adulthood. Because the aging of the spine is a kyphosing p...

Ankylosing spondylitis patient with chin-on-chest deformity and Anderson lesion as the apex of kyphosis in the cervicothoracic region is rare, and there was no consensus on the best surgical strategy for it. Here we report such a rare case of a 28-year-old man, who presented with a history of unsatisfactory appearance, cervicothoracic kyphosis, neck pain (VAS = 7), difficulty in ambulation, and...