Total en-bloc spondylectomy for correcting congenital kyphosis.
METHODS
A case report of congenital kyphosis corrected using a total en-bloc spondylectomy.


OBJECTIVE
To report a new surgical technique for the treatment of congenital kyphosis with myelopathy.


METHODS
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.


METHODS
A 16-year-old boy who showed a 61 degrees angular kyphosis and a 32 degrees scoliosis from T6 to T9 due to the failure of the vertebral bodies formation in T7 and T8 was treated with a total en-bloc spondylectomy.


RESULTS
The kyphosis was corrected to 26 degrees (57.3%) and the scoliosis was corrected to 5 degrees (84.4%) postoperatively. Three years postoperatively, no loss of correction has occurred and the patient has no complaints.


CONCLUSIONS
Total en-bloc spondylectomy is one of the useful surgical procedures for correction of congenital kyphosis Type I, with a high correction rate. Spinal Cord (2000) 38, 382 - 385.
Shimada
Y
Y
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.
Abe
E
E
Sato
K
K
D000293:Adolescent; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D011859:Radiography; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods*; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*