[Design and application of Chinese universal spinal instrumentation in spine surgery].
OBJECTIVE
To report the rationale and primary results of application of Chinese universal spinal instrumentation (CHN-USI) in spinal surgery.


METHODS
From September 1998 to June 2000, 70 patients with scoliosis, including 30 congenital scoliosis, 36 idiopathic scoliosis and 4 other disorders, were treated with CHN-USI in our hospital. All patients got follow-up after surgery with roentgenogram.


RESULTS
The average follow-up time was 8.9 months. On average, the primary scoliotic curve was reduced from 70.5 degrees (40 degrees-103 degrees) to 32.5 degrees with an average correction rate of 55.6%. The average increases in body height and the length of corrective segment were 6.5 cm and 5 mm respectively. The kyphotic curve was corrected from average 80.5 degrees to 29 degrees. No serious complication was found in our group.


CONCLUSIONS
The CHN-USI which has no need of spinal fusion and will elongate together with the children's growth is a new effective instrumentation for correcting scoliosis, especially in case of growing children. It can also be used in the treatment for kyphosis, anterior derotation spondylodesis, spondylolisthesis and spinal fracture.
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Department of Orthopedic Surgery, PUMC Hospital, CAMS, PUMC, Beijing 100730, China.
Qiu
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Wang
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Lin
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Zhang
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D008297:Male; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000592:standards*; D016896:Treatment Outcome