title: Short segment posterior locking cervical plate fixation after kyphectomy for myelomeningocoele-associated kyphosis.
abstract: We report the use of posterior cervical locking plate fixation after apical vertebral excision for congenital lumbar kyphosis in a 3-year-old male myelomeningocoele patient. At 4-year follow-up the fixation was secure and the correction was well preserved.
authors.affiliation: Childrens University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin, Ireland. alanlaing@eircom.net
authors.forename: Alan J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Laing
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Grady
authors.forename: Maurice
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nelligan
authors.forename: Damian
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McCormack
mesh_terms: D001860:Bone Plates; D001864:Bone Wires; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome