We report five children who presented at the mean age of 1.5 years (1.1 to 1.9) with a progressive thoracolumbar kyphosis associated with segmental instability and subluxation of the spine at the level above an anteriorly-wedged hypoplastic vertebra at L1 or L2. The spinal deformity appeared to be developmental and not congenital in origin. The anterior wedging of the vertebra may have been sec...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective clinical series. PURPOSE To study the clinical, functional and radiological results of patients with tuberculous spondylitis with and without paraplegia, treated surgically using the "Extended Posterior Circumferential Decompression (EPCD)" technique. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE With the increasing possibility of addressing all three columns by a single approach, poste...

STUDY DESIGN This is a retrospective series. PURPOSE We wanted to analyze the safety and effectiveness of using the newer generation metallic implants (pedicle screws and/or titanium mesh) for the treatment of tuberculous spondylitis. OVERVIEW OF THE LITERATURE: There have been various efforts to prevent the development of a kyphotic deformity after the treatment of tuberculous spondylitis, i...

OBJECT The effects of sagittal kyphotic deformities or mechanical stress on the development of cervical spondylotic myelopathy, or the reduction and fusion of kyphotic sagittal alignment have not been consistently documented. The aim in this study was to determine the effects of kyphotic sagittal alignment of the cervical spine in terms of neurological morbidity and outcome after 2 types of sur...

STUDY DESIGN: A description of pedicle subtraction osteotomy for correction of kyphotic deformity of the cervical-thoracic spine and a prospective evaluation of the surgical outcomes. OBJECTIVES: To describe the surgical technique and the postoperative results of pedicle subtraction osteotomy in the upper thoracic spine and the cervical-thoracic junction. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Pedicle sub...

OBJECTIVE To report the successful correction of a severe, fixed kyphotic deformity utilizing a combination posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) and Ponte osteotomy at the site of acute kyphosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA There have been no reports on the experience and surgical strategy of combined one-level focal PLIF and Ponte osteotomy for fixed severe kyphotic deformity. Typically, ...

Spine fractures in patients with ankylosing spondylitis frequently extend to all 3 columns, which can lead to displacement and deformity with severe instability. Cervical spine fractures occasionally cause severe kyphotic deformities, such as chin-on-chest deformities. In such cases, the patients typically exhibit a chronic progression of hyperkyphosis after the traumatic event. This article de...

OBJECTIVE To find the frequency of deformity correction, functional outcome and complications of single-stage vertebral column resection in patients with kyphotic deformity. METHODS The prospective case series was conducted at Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, and Aman Hospital, Peshawar, from January 2012 to December 2013, and comprised all patients who underwent single-stage posterior ve...