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...

Background Muscle shortening within the lower limbs can be observed in adolescents with either structural or non-structural spinal deformities. Whether or not it is related to the spinal deformity remains unclear. The aim of the study was to evaluate the lower limb muscle shortening in a group of adolescents with structural spinal deformity (idiopathic scoliosis, Scheuermann's juvenile kyphosis...

The interaction between the lumbosacral spine and the pelvis is dynamically related to positional change, and may be complicated by co-existing pathology. This review summarises the current literature examining the effect of sagittal spinal deformity on pelvic and acetabular orientation during total hip arthroplasty (THA) and provides recommendations to aid in placement of the acetabular compon...

Abstract Background In the late stage of spinal tuberculosis, bony destruction and vertebral collapse often leads to significant kyphosis, presenting clinically as a painful gibbus deformity, with increased instability, body translations risk neurologic involvement. Spinal osteotomy is thought be suitable for most patients severe rigid kyphosis. The aim this study was evaluate efficacy transped...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether an early bone marrow edema pattern predicts vertebral deformity types and prognosis in osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF). METHODS This retrospective study enrolled 64 patients with 75 acute OVCFs who underwent early MRI and followed up MRI. On early MRI, the low SI pattern of OVCF on T1WI were assessed and classified into 3 types (diffuse, globul...

Can J Surg, Vol. 45, No. 3, June 2002 219 A idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) involves a deformity of the spine that is commonly assessed by physicians. The external trunk deformity is also recognized as a major concern in AIS, especially for the patient. Therefore, many authors advocate that that consideration be given to simultaneous surgical correction of spinal and trunk deformities. During poster...