Open AccessCorrective vertebrotomy (-ectomy) for chronic complicated injuries of the thoracic and thoracolumbar spine in children
Author(s) -
A. V. Ilyin,
V. V. Kusakin,
N. I. Bunyakin,
S. A. Molotkov
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
vestnik travmatologii i ortopedii imeni n.n. priorova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2658-6738
pISSN - 0869-8678
DOI - 10.17816/vto104356
Subject(s) - thoracic spine , medicine , rehabilitation , thoracic vertebrae , spinal cord , surgery , spine (molecular biology) , physical therapy , lumbar vertebrae , microbiology and biotechnology , lumbar , psychiatry , biology
Results of complex examination and treatment of 105 patients, aged 4-15 years, with old spinal and spinal cord injuries are presented. Corrective vertebrotomy (-ectomy) as a method of choice was performed in 51 patients to correct the sereve, at an angle of 25-80, progressing kyphotic deformities in thoracic and thoracolumbar spine. Use of corrective vetebrotomy with fixative device promoted the correction and stabilization of the spine, regress of neurologic disturbances and created the conditions for the improvement of rehabilitation outcomes.