title: Methylmethacrylate as an adjunct in spinal instrumentation.
abstract: Sixteen patients with scoliosis were treated with Harrington-rod instrumentation supplemented by methylmethacrylate fixation at the distraction sites to reduce the possibility of dislodgement of a hook due to inferior bone stock or the patients' inability to cooperate postoperatively because of mental insufficiency or involuntary-movement disorders. Follow-up ranged from six to thirty-eight months (average, fourteen and one-half months). There were no complications related to the use of methylmethacrylate in these patients.
mesh_terms: D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002648:Child; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D008768:Methylmethacrylates