Salvage and reconstructive surgery for spinal deformity using Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation.
Sixty consecutive patients who underwent Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation as part of their reconstructive surgery (failure of previous surgery) were reviewed. The average follow-up was 3 years (range, 2-4.5 years). There were no deaths or major neurologic problems. Pseudarthrosis occurred in six patients, all of whom had long fusion to the sacrum; all six were successfully repaired. Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation provides a far superior method of correction of deformity and internal fixation than that available previously.
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Minnesota Spine Center, Minneapolis.
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Lonstein
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Dezen
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001177:Arthropathy, Neurogenic / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011542:Pseudarthrosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D013123:Spinal Fusion