INTRODUCTION Kyphoscoliosis, which is a deformity of the spine caused by aging and osteoporosis, results in various surgical difficulties for laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) due to low-lying costal arches, such as a small abdominal working space, disturbance of the surgical view and decreased controllability of the surgical instrument. PRESENTATION OF CASE We herein report the case of a 92-...

Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a complex, neurogenetic, multisystem disorder with prevalence of 1:15000 to 1:30000, caused by lack expression genes in the paternally inherited chromosome 15q 11.2-q13. In this report we aim characterize and increase awareness kyphoscoliosis these children.

The threat of premature death in the fourth or fifth decades of life from cardiorespiratory failure in kyphoscoliosis is well known. Ten patients with severe kyphoscoliosis (curves greater than 100 degrees), who had survived into their seventh decade free of cardiorespiratory failure, were encountered over a four-year period. Pulmonary function studies on five patients showed impaired chest bel...

Ischiospinal Dysostosis (ISD) is a complex and very rare medical entity. It is associated with kyphoscoliosis, dysplasia or aplasia of the ischial rami, segmental anomalies of the bony vertebrae, and peculiar facial morphologies. In this case report, we present a child with Ischiospinal Dysostosis and Pierre-Robin Syndrome. This case report is unique as we followed the patient for 13 years in w...

Diastrophic dwarfism is an unusual variety of short-limb dwarfism characterized by the pathognomic triad of ear calcifications, hitch-hiker thumbs, and severe clubfoot. Other clinical features include joint contractures and subluxations, symphalagism of the fingers, kyphoscoliosis, hip dysplasia, and occasional cleft palate. Radiographic findings include flaring of the metaphyses of tubular bon...

This investigation was part of a study of kyphoscoliosis. Its objective was to determine the functional alterations in the chest cage and lung. These problems have, as we indicate in a brief review, already aroused considerable interest. However, our approach has differed from that of most previous workers in several respects. Our patients were both children (Caro and Gucker, 1958) and adults. ...

Professor Perry: This man came to the out-patient department on the 5th M^r ' 1957. He was 48, an industrial chemist working for a firm near Bristol. Three wee, earlier he had noticed rapidly increasing dyspnoea on effort and, for a few days, su sternal effort pain. aj His previous history is that he had a severe spinal kyphoscoliosis, said to be p?sturn in origin, since childhood. He had visit...

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an autosomal-dominant neuroectodermal hereditary disorder, in which spinal skeletal deformities are one of the manifestations. Pectus carinatum, temporomandibular joint dysfunction, and kyphoscoliosis can be seen with this genetic disorder which can lead to cardiorespiratory system problems and can cause difficulty in airway management. We present the anestheti...