A Cobb angle measurement, the angle between upper end plate of T5 and lower end plate of T12, higher than 40 degrees known as kyphosis. Although various etiologies cause kyphosis, the best-known form, Scheuermann’s kyphosis causes disorder in sagittal balance. Surgery should be considered for persistent pain despite conservative treatment, progressive neurological deficits and cosmetic reasons....

BACKGROUND Conservative scoliosis therapy according to the FITS Concept is applied as a unique treatment or in combination with corrective bracing. The aim of the study was to present author's method of diagnosis and therapy for idiopathic scoliosis FITS-Functional Individual Therapy of Scoliosis and to analyze the early results of FITS therapy in a series of consecutive patients. METHODS The...

ABSTRACT Objectives: Evaluate the reliability and reproducibility of kyphosis measurement in thoracolumbar spine traumatic fractures by different assessment methods types fractures. Methods: Fifteen spine, previously classified into A, B, C according to Magerl’s classification, were evaluated. The value was measured using five methods: (1) Cobb angle; (2) Gardner’s method; (3) back wall (4) ang...

OBJECTIVES To compare the Cobb technique for measuring kyphosis with an alternative Cobb method and a computer-assisted curve assessment technique, and to examine the influence of vertebral body and disc shape on kyphosis. METHODS Kyphosis measurements were derived from 93 lateral spinal radiographs or sagittal computed tomography images of cadaveric spines, using: (i) a computer-assisted met...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of posterior fixation including the fractured vertebra (PFFV) for the treatment of thoracolumbar vertebral fractures. METHODS Sixty-seven patients that sustained a single-level thoracolumbar fracture were included in this retrospective study carried out in the Wuxi People`s Hospital, Wuxi, China between August 2010 and June 2013. Thirty-two cases were treated wi...

OBJECTIVE To study young patients after scoliosis surgery in order to determine risk and prevention factors for developing a crankshaft phenomenon (CP). MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective study of a cohort of 26 skeletally immature patients. Six were excluded due to progression of various conditions. Crankshaft was defined as an increase in the Cobb angle >10°, or an increase in the Mehta ang...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to explore the efficacy and safety of posterior vertebral column resection (PVCR) in treating thoracolumbar spinal tuberculous angular kyphosis (TSTAK). METHODS From January 2008 to January 2012, 17 TSTAK patients were treated surgically, including five males and 12 females, with an average age of 23.6 years, among five cases who had the kyphotic apical vertebrae loc...