Vascularized fibula graft for spinal fusion in severe cervical kyphosis due to neurofibromatosis.
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.
Nemoto
K
K
Department of Orthopaedics, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan.
Asazuma
T
T
Amako
M
M
Kawaguchi
M
M
Yamagishi
M
M
Mizuno
H
H
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*