The authors have performed a retrospective study of 20 patients who underwent surgical treatment for kyphosis secondary to trauma (10 patients) or Scheuermann's disease (10 patients) between 1992 and 2000. The mean follow-up was 60 months (range, 32-90) and 59.5 months (range, 24-109) respectively. Radiological evaluation of Scheuermann kyphosis included assessment of thoracic kyphosis angle (T...

BACKGROUND To report the radiological and clinical results after corrective osteotomy in ankylosing spondylitis patients. Furthermore, this study intended to classify the types of deformity and to suggest appropriate surgical treatment options. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed ankylosing spondylitis patients who underwent corrective osteotomy between 1996 and 2009. The radiographic assessm...

OBJECT Thoracolumbar fractures, treated operatively or nonoperatively, may cause painful kyphotic deformities over time. A pedicle subtraction osteotomy (PSO) is a single-stage posterior procedure designed to correct sagittal plane deformity. Although it was initially used to treat nontraumatic conditions, a PSO can be highly effective in chronic, posttraumatic fractures of the lumbar spine. In...

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Pronounced kyphosis of the thoracolumbar junction is a common orthopedic problem in adolescents and may require prolonged bracing therapy or correction spondylodesis. PURPOSE To describe a case where a kyphotic deformity was related to gynecological instead of spine pathology. STUDY DESIGN Case report. METHODS A 17-year-old girl presented with a structural hyperkyphosis...

This article describes the independent factors that affect kyphotic angle reduction in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures with kyphoplasty. Between January 2008 and September 2011, one hundred twenty-six patients with a single-level osteoporotic compression fracture who underwent kyphoplasty were evaluated for a minimum of 1 year postoperatively. Nine independent vari...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to validate the efficacy and safety of single-stage posterior debridement bone grafting for treatment of lumbar spinal tuberculosis with kyphotic deformity (LSTKD). Methods: From June 2010 to June 2013, 48 patients were enrolled in this study. Total 27 and 21 patients underwent single-stage posterior and anterior instrumentation and fusion respectively, co...

Tuberculous spondylitis is a very rare disease, but it can result in bone destruction, kyphotic deformity, spinal instability, and neurologic complications unless early diagnosis and proper management are done. Because the most common symptom of tuberculous spondylitis is back pain, it can often be misdiagnosed. Atypical tuberculous spondylitis can be presented as a metastatic cancer or a prima...

STUDY DESIGN Multicenter randomized controlled trial. OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy and safety of balloon kyphoplasty (BKP) with nonsurgical management (NSM) during 24 months in patients with painful vertebral compression fractures (VCFs). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Recently, several large randomized controlled trials have been conducted and reported how vertebral augmentation compares ...