title: [The surgical treatment of kyphosis with special reference to ventral bone span support].
abstract: Eighty-three patients with kyphosis of different etiology underwent operative correction. The results obtained in 65 of these patients after an average follow-up of 5.2 years are reported. The operative treatment produced regression of neurologic deficit in 63%, and most patients were relieved of their disabling preoperative pain. There were 3 cases of pseudoarthrosis and instrumentation failure. The four stages of operative treatment of kyphosis consist of: mobilizing osteotomy, correction, anterior and/or posterior fusion, stabilization without fusion (tumor). The indications for surgery and the choice of surgical technique are discussed. The importance of anterior fusion is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Orthopädie Innsbruck.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krismer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bauer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000601:surgery; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Die operative Behandlung der Kyphose unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der ventralen Spanabstützung.