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Kyphosis Menu:
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Post Traumatic Kyphosis:
- Treatment:
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anterior corpectomy and strut-grafting;
- preferred technique;
- lateral borders of the vertebral body must
be preserved;
- for two disc levels, iliac-crest strut graft is adequate;
- for more than two levels, fibular strut graft is superior;
- for defects longer than seven cm, vascularized fibular strut
graft may be advantageous;
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kyphosis w/ spondylosis (posterior compression)
- combined anterior and posterior decompression are indicated;
- anterior corpectomy w/ fibular strut-grafting are recommended;
- to decompress the cord adequately, trough should be at least 16 mm;
- posterior decompression;
- mentioned only to be condemned;
- posterior decompression will not allow spinal cord migrate away
from anterior compressing structures in kyphotic position;
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postoperative treatment:
- postoperative use of
halo immobilization will help prevent
- graft dislodgment;
- spinal malalignment;
- pseudarthrosis;
Cervical kyphosis and myelopathy. Treatment by anterior corpectomy and strut-grafting.
Cervical Kyphosis in patients who have Larsen syndrome.
CE Johnson et al.
Vol 78-A. 1996. p 538-545.
The surgical treatment of congenital kyphosis: A review of 94 patients age 5 years or older with 2 years or more follow up in 77 patients.
RB Winter et al.
Spine. Vol 10. 1985. p 224-231.
Cervical kyphosis and instability following multiple laminectomies in children.
H. Cattel and G Clark Jr.
JBJS. Vol 49-A. 1967. p 713-720.
