In pregnancy, advanced vertebral hemangiomas may be seen, and these require treatment. The case reported here is of a 35-year-old female in the 32nd week of pregnancy who was admitted to the orthopaedics clinic with a history of backache and difficulty walking. A burst fracture of L1 associated with a vertebral hemangioma was identified with an L3 compression fracture secondary to osteoporosis....

STUDY DESIGN A new surgical technique of cervical osteotomy to correct an extension deformity of the cervical spine is described, and a case is reported. OBJECTIVES To emphasize the disparate effect of osteotomy level on sagittal balance and gaze angle in surgical correction of global kyphotic deformity, and to describe a new surgical technique. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Previous reports o...

Severe thoracolumbar kyphotic deformity caused by old compressive vertebrae fracture remains a big challenge for spine surgeons. When symptoms related to significant deformities cannot be adequately managed conservatively, posterior vertebral column resection (PVCR) is required, but with long operating time and severe blood loss. We develop a UPVCR technique, which is done through a unilateral ...

abstract background: correction of severe kyphosis is a challenging operation in spinal surgery. a two stage operation has been commonly used: anterior release and decompression followed by posterior correction and fusion. we describe the posterior vertebral osteotomy technique for correction of severe and rigid kyphosis through posterior-only approach. methods: twelve patients (six male and si...

The aims of spinal tuberculosis treatment are to eradicate the disease, to prevent the development of paraplegia and kyphotic deformity, to manage the existing deformity and neurological deficit, to allow early ambulation and to return the patient back to daily life. Methods for the treatment of tuberculosis of vertebra are still controversial. Conservative treatment includes medical therapy as...

Background Painful adult scoliosis presenting kyphotic evolution combined with an anterior imbalance of the trunk is one of the most difficult clinical conditions in rehabilitation. Clinical changes during rehabilitation treatment (physical therapy) can be measured by using surface topography, although postural changes can produce measurement fluctuations, and interpretations should be made cau...

Vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) are a widespread problem in elderly populations, with approximately 700,000 VCFs occurring in the United States each year as a result of osteoporosis. Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are two minimally invasive procedures that are increasingly used to treat VCFs. Both procedures stabilize VCFs by injecting bone cement into the vertebral body, with kyphoplast...

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Halo-pelvic ring traction in the treatment of severe kyphotic deformity secondary to spinal tuberculosis.Eighty patients with severe kyphotic deformity due to spinal tuberculosis were included in the study. Forty of those patients (experimental group) received Halo- pelvic ring traction before surgery and the rest (control group) received surgical treatmen...

The surgical treatment of cervical kyphotic deformity remains challenging. As a surgical method that is safer and avoids major complications, the authors present a procedure of single-stage anterior and posterior fusion to correct cervical kyphosis using anterior interbody fusion cages without plating, as illustrated by three consecutive cases. Case 1 was a 78-year-old woman who presented with ...