Cervical deformity: rationale for selecting the appropriate fusion technique (anterior, posterior, and 360 degree).
This article examines cervical deformities and their treatments, such as iatrogenic deformities, posttraumatic deformities, ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, degenerative subaxial spondylolisthesis, myopathy, infectious spondylitis, and tumors. Congenital scoliosis and kyphosis and torticollis and rotatory atlanto-axial subluxation also are discussed.
Orthopaedic Surgeon, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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D017586:Diskectomy; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000601:surgery; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000601:surgery