title: Vascularized fibula graft for spinal fusion in severe cervical kyphosis due to neurofibromatosis.
abstract: A successful anterior spinal fusion using vascularized fibula graft in the case of a 17-year-old male with severe cervical kyphosis due to neurofibromatosis is reported. Anterior spinal fusion at C2-7 using the fibula graft was performed with spinous process wiring. The kyphosis was corrected from 85 to 38 degrees. Bony fusion was obtained in 5 months without loss of correction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nemoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asazuma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amako
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamagishi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mizuno
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D005360:Fibula / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D017253:Neurofibromatoses / Q000150:complications*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods*