BACKGROUND Radiation to the juxtaspinal area in children with malignant tumors induces the appearance of a postradiation spinal deformity (PRSD) with drastic progression during the growth spurt, so surgical correction is mandatory. Methods of surgical treatment depend on the age of the patient, and the type and size of the spinal deformity. METHODS A long-term retrospective survey of 6 patien...

Purpose To review the current literature for the nonoperative and operative treatment for adult spinal deformity. Recent Findings With more than 11 million baby boomers joining the population of over 60 years of age in the United States, the incidence of lumbar deformity is greatly increasing. Recent literature suggests that a lack of evidence exists to support the effectiveness of nonoperative...

Thirty-four patients with ambulatory spastic diplegia (ages 10-19.8 years) who were part of a prospective study of selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) had standardized radiographs before and after SDR. Follow-up ranged from 5 to 11.6 years after surgery. Two different surgical approaches were used: laminectomy (14 patients) and laminoplasty (20 patients). Radiographs were measured for coronal and ...

Introduction Though adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is characterized by a lateral deviation of the spine with resulting geometric changes in the trunk and rib cage standing imbalance was reported. The type and location of the spinal deformity was shown to perturb balance control while the interaction between standing posture and balance in AIS suggest a dysfunction in the postural regulat...

diagnosis, the orthopedic surgeon recommended an operation (anterior debridement and fusion) for the patient with vertebral collapse [1]. However, the patient refused the surgery and wanted to receive conservative treatment. Kotil et al. [2] reported that 44 patients with tuberculous spondylitis were managed conservatively with antituberculous medication and spinal orthosis. Exclusion criteria ...

UNLABELLED Idiopathic scoliosis is one of the most common conditions encountered in paediatric practice. It is a three-dimensional (3D) spinal deformity. Conventional radiography is still the modality of choice for evaluation of children and adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis, but it requires repeat radiographs until skeletal maturity is reached and does not provide information about spinal ...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective study of prospectively collected data. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine whether patients undergoing spinal deformity surgery with resident involvement are at an increased risk of morbidity. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Resident involvement has been investigated in other orthopedic procedures but has not been studied in adult spinal deformity surger...