[Surgical treatment of idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents by the Harrington method].
Forty six patients with idiopathic scoliosis were treated according the Harrington method. The surgical treatment was done with the Harrington distraction rod, and vertebral arthrodesis with autogenous iliac bone graft. The patients wore a Risser-Cotrel body-cast for nine months but started walking two days after casting. Good clinical results were obtained in all the patients. Final curve correction was 40%. In this series of patients no pseudoarthrosis occurred.
Basile Júnior
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Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo.
Bonetti
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Fazzi
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de Barros Filho
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D000293:Adolescent; D002133:Calcium Sulfate; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
D002133:Calcium Sulfate
Tratamento cirúrgico das escolioses idiopáticas no adolescente pelo método de Harrington.