SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL SCOLIOSIS WITH DIASTEMATOMYELIA
- VernacularTitle:先天性脊柱侧弯并发脊髓纵裂的手术治疗
- Author:
Jun PENG
;
Yong HAI
;
Huason MA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
scoliosis;
diastematomyelia;
orthopedic procedures
- From:
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
1981;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
To study the clinical characteristics and surgical treatment of congenital scoliosis with diastematomyelia, four patients were found to have scoliosis with diastematomyelia by CT and MRI.The first step of surgery was to excise the osteal compartion in spinal cord, the second step was the posterior scoliosis correction and fusion after two weeks. All the patients had successful surgery. The body height of the patients increased 4 75cm and the Cobb angle deceased 43? in average. No complication was found in the nervous system. This method is very effective, and is worth popularizing its application.
