One stage lumbar spinal osteotomy in ankylosing spondylitis with immediate correction and fixation with two narrow dynamic compression plates and pedicular screws
Medical Journal of Cairo University [The]. 1995; 63 (Supp. 1): 81-86
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ABSTRACT
Six patients with flexion deformity of the spine due to ankylosing spondylitis were treated with a one stage spinal osteotomy through the lumbar spine. All patients were males. The average age was 25.33 +/- 2.16 years. The average pre-operative degree of deformity was 38 +/- 3.58 degrees. The deformity was corrected at the time of the surgery and the osteotomy was fixed internally with two dynamic compression platesand pedicular screws. The average correction angle was 32.83 +/- 2.32 degrees and the average time to union was 4.17 +/- 1.17. No neurological deterioration or aortic rupture occurred in any of the patients
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Asunto principal:
Osteotomía
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Placas Óseas
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Tornillos Óseos
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Vértebras Lumbares
Límite:
Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Med. J. Cairo Univ.
Año:
1995
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