Long-term results of spinal instrumentation surgery for scoliosis five years or more after surgery, in patients over twenty-three years of age.
From 1967 to 1981, 311 scoliotic patients treated at Chiba University, with a minimum follow-up of 5 years and aged more than 23 years, were selected for this study. Seventy-two were males and 239 were females, whose age at operation ranged from 9 to 44 years, with an average of 16.5 years. The operative procedures were one-stage Harrington procedure in 179 cases, staged procedure in 108 cases, anterior procedure in 20 cases, and combined anteroposterior fusion in four cases. Including 198 patients examined physically, a total of 263 patients (54 males and 209 females) have responded to a questionnaire or were interviewed by telephone. In general, 85% of the patients were satisfied with the result of the operation for the control of spinal deformity, improvement of the cosmesis, and increase in physical and social activity.
Kitahara
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H
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan.
Inoue
S
S
Minami
S
S
Isobe
K
K
Ohtsuka
Y
Y
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D011859:Radiography; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000009:adverse effects*