Surgical spinal fusion is a procedure where two or more of the vertebrae of the spine are “fused” together in an attempt to achieve solid arthrodesis and to potentially eliminate painful movement or to correct deformity. The purpose of the spinal hardware is to provide additional spinal stability while helping the fusion set up. The first successful surgical fusion procedures were described by ...

Early-onset scoliosis (EOS) is defined as curvature of the spine in children >10° with onset before age 10 years. Young children with EOS are at risk for impaired pulmonary function because of the high risk of progressive spinal deformity and thoracic constraints during a critical time of lung development. The treatment of EOS is very challenging because the population is inhomogeneous, often m...

STUDY DESIGN This is a prospective study. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate the results of single-staged posterior decompression and circumferential fusion using a transpedicular approach to correct a kyphotic deformity due to thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Surgical management is frequently an imperative choice to achieve spinal decompression and de...

 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 s...

Background Standing spinal radiographs have been the primary method of spinal deformity evaluation in patients with scoliosis. During periods of patient surveillance, the clinician compares radiographs over a period of time to assess the progression of the deformity [1-3]. One of the potential problems in comparing one radiograph to another is difference in positioning [4-6]. The goal of this s...

Nowadays spinal deformities are very frequent problems among teenagers. Scheuermann disease is a one dimensional deformity of the spine, but it has prevalence over 11% of the children. A traditional technology, the moiré method was used by us for screening and diagnosing this type of spinal deformity. A LabVIEW program has been developed to evaluate the moiré pictures of patients with Scheuerma...

Materials and methods Study group included 1700 patients with AIS treated by Cheneau brace [1]. Major deformity Cobb angle ranged 20°-40°, spinal rotation ranged 15°-35°. Age of the patients was ranged 11-15 years old. Radilogic mesurements and clinical presentation of the spinal deformity during the investigation were assesed [2]. Mean followup was 5 years. In this study Rigo’s clinical and ra...

More children with spina bifida cystica are surviving today because of improved operative treatment and clinical care. Problems arising from spinal deformity in these children are presenting more often for treatment. The purpose of this paper is to observe the natural course of kyphotic spinal deformity seen in association with spina bifida cystica. Specific attention is focused on kyphosis bec...

Objectives Spinal sagittal alignment has been reported that it is highly associated with health related QOL in adult spinal deformity patients. Optimal sagittal alignment is critical for the efficient function of the musculoskeletal system. In Japan as aging country, a number of elderly people with spinal deformity seems to be increasing. In general, sagittal alignment of elderly people is more...

Background Early-onset scoliosis, when left untreated, leads to severe deformity. Until the last decade, treatment of progressive curves in young children often consisted of definitive spinal fusion. The recognition of thoracic insufficiency syndrome associated with definitive early fusion has led to the development of new surgical techniques developed to preserve spinal and thoracic growth in ...