STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case series. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the incidence of neural axis abnormalities and the relevant risk factors in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE The use of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assess the whole spine in patients with idiopathic scoliosis is controversial, and indicatio...

Objective. To identify the mechanism of deformity compensation in patients with post-traumatic kyphosis thoracolumbar junction, based on analysis X-ray results surgical treatment. Material and Methods. The study included data obtained from medical records 69 (47 women, 22 men) operated for painful at levels T12, L1 L2 vertebra. Patients underwent staged interventions a single session. Demograph...

This study aimed to investigate the mid-term outcome of ring-shaped bone allografts in the surgical treatment of adolescent post-tubercular kyphosis secondary to spinal tuberculosis.The records of adolescent patients diagnosed with spinal tuberculosis who received treatment in our department between 2009 and 2013 were retrospectively reviewed. The anterior approach was used in cases of cervical...

BACKGROUND Wilson's disease (WD) is an autosomal recessive disorder of copper metabolism, which leads to the accumulation of this metal in liver, brain, cornea and kidney. Little is reported about spinal deformity associated with this syndrome. This study is to present a case of thoracic kyphosis occurring in the setting of Wilson'disease and explore the possible association between the two dis...

Introduction: Elongation exercises are designed to reduce existing pathological or increased physiological curvatures of the spine. The aim of the study was to evaluate the changes occurring in the parameters describing the anterior-posterior spinal curvatures during the performance of symmetric elongation exercises. Material and methods: The study included 150 children aged 7–10 years: 82 girl...

Background. Although there are frequent studies about normal range of thoracic kyphosis, there is still a controversy about the exact values of this curve. In nine reported studies on 10 to 20 years of age boys, the value ranged from 25.1° to 53.3°. Objective for the Study. The aim of the present research was investigation of normal ranges of thoracic kyphosis in school children in Kermanshah, ...

The objective of this study was to discuss the variables influencing alignment mechanisms of the spine, with particular consideration of post-surgical alignment in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. The analysis is based on information currently available in the literature, and on the authors' own experience, which includes surgical material from over 2200 cases of idiopathic scoliosis. Over...

Introduction High prevalence of obstructive lung disease has been reported in patients undergoing surgical correction of thoracic scoliosis. Airway narrowing due to spine morphology is analysed as a contributing factor. Methods Preoperative surgical planning CTs of 34 patients with right-sided thoracic scoliosis (age: 17.6±9.0) were retrospectively analysed and compared with 15 non-scoliotic ...

Background: Although there are several reports of paralysis developing after aggravation of the deformities of congenital kyphosis or kyphoscoliosis, the onset of myelopathy in middle-aged patients is rare. Objective: To describe a case of late onset thoracic myelopathy in a patient with anterolateral fused vertebrae. The progression of kyphoscoliosis in this middle-aged patient preceded the on...