The surgical management of Scheuermann's disease.
Thirty patients of a group of 39 patients with Scheuermann's kyphosis who underwent posterior spine fusion using large-diameter Harrington compression instrumentation were reviewed with a mean follow-up of 71.8 months. The mean curve before surgery was 71.5, and at follow-up, 37.7. The mean loss of correction at review was 6. This procedure was effective in adults with a fixed deformity as long as no anterior bony bridging existed. The authors believe that posterior Harrington instrumentation and spine fusion offer excellent correction of deformity at long-term follow-up without the added morbidity of a second procedure.
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
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Sturm
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Dobson
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Armstrong
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012544:Scheuermann Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors