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The rib hump after surgery for early onset spinal deformity
Published in:
Stud Health Technol Inform, Vol: 91, Page: 465-8
Publication Date:
2002
Aims & Objectives:
The aim of this study was to describe children undergoing spinal fusion for progressive and severe deformity
Abstract:
Spinal deformity presenting early in childhood has a poor prognosis, in that progression is probable and severe respiratory compromise is a real possibility. Treatment is difficult, since these patients frequently do not respond to bracing, and surgery is sometimes performed in childhood in an attempt to control relentless progression. This carries the risk of continued deformation during subsequent growth, and the surgical procedures have been adapted in an attempt to minimise this. 25 children undergoing spinal fusion for progressive and severe deformity have sequential topographic scans which show that, despite measures to control the rib hump, progression after surgery is the rule.
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Study Type:
Study Papers » Case Study » Descriptive Studies - Without a comparision
Categories:
spinal fusion; severe deformity
International Classification:
Procedure - spinal fusion
Keywords:
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Body Image
- Child
- Female
- Functional Laterality
- Humans
- Male
- Moire Topography
- Postoperative Complications/diagnosis/ psychology
- Psychometrics/statistics & numerical data
- Quality of Life/ psychology
- Scoliosis/classification/diagnosis/ psychology/ surgery
- Self Concept
- Sickness Impact Profile
- Spinal Fusion/ psychology
- Statistics as Topic
Geography:
Republic of Ireland (Republic of Ireland)