AIM To investigate risk factors for surgical site infection (SSI) after three-column osteotomy (3CO) for spinal deformity. MATERIAL AND METHODS The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database (2012 - 2014) was reviewed. We included adult patients who underwent 3CO and compared pertinent cases (SSI) to controls (no SSI) in terms of preoperative and opera...

Spinal deformity is a serious disease, mainly suffered by teenagers during their growth stage. In this paper, we propose a new technique for an automatic judgment method of spinal deformity from moire topographic images. Normally the moire stripes show a symmetric pattern, as a human subject is almost symmetric. According to the progress of the deformity of a spine, asymmetry becomes larger. Me...

Scoliosis is defined as lateral curvature of the spine with vertebral rotation, meaning that it is a 3dimensional deformity. Scoliosis leads to thoracic deformity if the spinal alterations occur in that zone (Figure 1). Scoliosis is classified as either idiopathic or secondary, regardless of what part of the spine is affected. Idiopathic scoliosis is currently thought almost certainly to arise ...

Moosa, A., and Dubowitz, V. (1973). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 48, 386. Spinal muscular atrophy in childhood: two clues to clinical diagnosis. A coarse tremor was noted in 13 children suffering from the childhood form of spinal muscular atrophy. Tremor has not been seen in any other condition producing proximal muscle weakness in childhood, and its presence should therefore suggest the d...

BACKGROUND Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) approaches have the potential to reduce procedure-related morbidity when compared with traditional approaches. However, the magnitude of radiographic correction and degree of clinical improvement with MIS techniques for adult spinal deformity remain undefined. QUESTION/PURPOSES In this systematic review, we sought to determine whether MIS approaches...

Case presentation of staged surgical treatment of patients with spinal deformity in incontinentia pigmenti syndrome. As a result of surgical procedure proper sagittal balance of the body was restored.