title: Spinal fusion using a vascularized fibular bone graft for a patient with cervical kyphosis due to neurofibromatosis.
abstract: We performed an anterior spinal fusion using a vascularized fibular bone graft combined with posterior fusion for a patient with severe cervical kyphosis due to neurofibromatosis. The kyphosis was corrected from 85 degrees preoperatively to 38 degrees postoperatively. A vascularized fibular bone graft is a useful surgical procedure in selected patients to obtain successful bony union.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asazuma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamagishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nemoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amako
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Osada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujikawa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001863:Bone Screws; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D019080:Cafe-au-Lait Spots; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005360:Fibula / Q000098:blood supply / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000637:transplantation; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D017253:Neurofibromatoses / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods*; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery