Infantile idiopathic scoliosis: surgical treatment in rapidly progressive cases
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Materilas and methods Age of onset was in between 4th and 36th month of life. Initial treatment consisted of physiotherapy and Chenau corrective bracing in all patients. Duration of conservative treatment was from 4 to 5.5 years. The age at surgery was: from 7 to 12 years (table 1). Finally patients underwent surgical treatment: anterior and posterior fusion in 2 patients (3 curves), posterior instrumentation (2 growing rods) in one patient, and VEPTR device in one case. All have led to clinical improvement.
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دوره 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012