Results of surgical treatment of muscular torticollis for patients greater than 6 years of age.
From 1983-1989, 37 patients with muscular torticollis were treated surgically by partial resection of the distal portion of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Of these, 19 patients who at surgery were greater than 6 years of age (average 11 years 2 months) were followed for greater than 1 year (average 2 years 2 months). Although both function and cosmesis were improved in all cases, scoliosis was a residual deformity in some cases, especially in girls.
Minamitani
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kurume University, Japan.
Inoue
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Okuno
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D000293:Adolescent; D002370:Casts, Surgical / Q000592:standards; D002648:Child; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000592:standards; D011859:Radiography; D012737:Sex Factors; D014103:Torticollis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy