[Birth injuries of the spine]. / Rodovye povrezhdeniia pozvonochnika.

Results of treatment of 204 children with labour traumas of the vertebral column are presented. Among the 204 patients there were 151 neonates, 28 infants and 25 patients with consequences of labour trauma. The cervical part is traumatized most frequently. Injury of the cervical vertebrae was diagnozed in 154 patients, of lumbar vertebrae in 18 patients. One child has an injury of the cervical and thoracic vertebra. In 41 patients there were ischemias in the vertebrobasilar area. An associated labour trauma of the vertebral column was diagnozed in 36% of the cases. Results of treatment were followed-up in 174 patients. Good results were obtained in 133 patients (76%). Satisfactory results were noted in 36 children (20%). Five patients died. Early and complex treatment gave good results in 93% of the cases.

[Thoracoplasty in scoliosis in children]. / Torakoplastika pri skolioze u detei.

The article presents results of resection of costal humpback in 102 patients with scoliosis. Subperiosteal resection of the costal humpback without a fixation of the spine gave insufficient results, while resection of the humpback with a fixation of the spine with the Harrington distractor gave satisfactory results. Methods of decompressive thoracoplasty of the concave side of the chest in scoliosis were developed and used in 22 operations. Satisfactory cosmetic and functional results were obtained. No progress of scoliosis was noted. Within a year the lung volume became 2,8% greater as compared with the initial parameters.