GROWING ROD TECHNIQUE FOR THE TREATMENT OF PROGRESSIVE EARLY-ONSET SCOLIOSIS
Journal Title: Journal of Turkish Spinal Surgery - Year 2012, Vol 23, Issue 2
Abstract
Many different etiologies may cause progressive spinal deformities that are grouped together as earlyonset scoliosis, including infantile and juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, congenital scoliosis, neuromuscular scoliosis, and various syndromes. After development of the spinal instrumentation system, the dual rod method was described by McCarthy and developed and popularized by Akbarnia and Marks. The goal of the growing rod technique is to achieve correction of the deformity, and to maintain it during the treatment period while allowing spinal growth. The growing rod system for the treatment of earlyonset scoliosis is preferred for cases with a curve greater than 45° and patients younger than 10 years of age.
Authors and Affiliations
Yunus ATICI, A. Yener İNCE, Mustafa CANİKLİOĞLU
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP676720
- DOI -
- Views 152
- Downloads 0
PERCUTANEOUS FIXATION OF U-TYPE FRACTURE OF SACRUM
U-Type sacral fracture is uncommon fracture that can present transforaminal or intradural extension. Associated neurologic injury is common. It must be remembered and evaluated with lateral sacral radiography or computed...
POSTERIOR WEDGE OSTEOTOMY İN TREATMENT OF LOCALISED KYPHOSIS
Tvventythree patients ( 12 men, 11 women; mean age 23 ) diagnosed as having segmentary kyphosis due to either congenital kyphoscoliosis, or POTT's disease, or fracture sequel were operated from May 1991 to July 1993 in S...
PROF. DR. ADİL SURAT,M.D.
Adil Surat (Professor of Orthopedics) was born in Arhavi district of the city of Artvin which is located at North-East coast of Turkiye at 11th December 1941. He graduated School of Medicine at 1965. He joined with Depar...
SPINAL HYDATIDOSIS. REPORT OF A CASE TREATED BY THREE LEVEL CORPECTOMY, ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTATION
Hydatid disease is caused by larval form of the flatworms Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcusmultilocularis. Bone involvement is extremely rare (2%), with vertebral column being infested in half of these cases. Thor...
COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT OF TRAUMATIC THORACOLUMBAR VERTEBRAL FRACTURE
The middle section of the vertebral spine is composed of three-dimensional trabecular networks of rods and plates. This trabecular structure ensures 90% of the compressive strength, particularly in the lumbar vertebrae....