title: Posterolateral spinal fusion for the treatment of scoliosis in myelodysplasia.
abstract: Twenty-seven patients have undergone posterolateral spinal fusion for the treatment of scoliosis associated with myelodysplasia. Seventeen patients were girls, and 10 were boys. The average age at the time of surgery was 10.6 years in the girls and 11 years in the boys. The average preoperative curve was 78.52 degrees. All patients were fused at the sacrum; the upper level of fusion was at the fourth thoracic vertebra in 20 patients and at the third thoracic vertebra in 7 patients. Harrington instrumentation was used in 5 patients. The average improvement in curvature was 44.5%. Based on clinical and functional criteria, 16 patients had good results, 4 patients had fair results, and 7 patients had poor results.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods*