title: [Galveston technique in treatment of paralytic spine deformities].
abstract: The author's present their own experiences with the Galveston technique in treatment of paralytic spine deformities. Nineteen patients (6 boys and 13 girls) were treated (between 1996 and 2002) at the Swiebodzin Spine Centre and the Special Spine Surgery Unit in Poznań. All patients were unable to sit straight without external support, due to neurologic muscle weakness and pelvic obliquity. Surgical treatment lead to a marked improvement of the spinal deformity and also allowed the patients to sit-straight, without need of any support.
authors.affiliation: Lubuski Ośrodek Rehabilitacyjno-Ortopedyczny im. Lecha Wierusza w Swiebodzinie.
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaczmarczyk
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nowakowski
authors.forename: Karol
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Balcerkiewicz
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Szulc
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000150:complications*; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome