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LUQUE ROD FIXATION IN MENINGOMYELOCELE KYPHOSIS: A PRELIMINARY REPORT
Author(s) -
Stephen John P. H.,
Bodel James G.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1983.tb02488.x
Subject(s) - medicine , kyphosis , fixation (population genetics) , deformity , lumbar , spinal deformity , surgery , radiography , population , environmental health
A preliminary report is given of four cases of kyphosis in the thoracolumbar and lumbar regions in paraplegic meningomyelocele patients treated by means of segmental spinal (Luque) rod fixation. The system, incorporating fixation at multiple levels and the principle of the three‐point pressure system, appears highly effective in obtaining and maintaining correction in a deformity which has previously proven refractory in a high proportion of cases.