Short segment posterior locking cervical plate fixation after kyphectomy for myelomeningocoele-associated kyphosis.
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.
Laing
Alan J
AJ
Childrens University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin, Ireland. alanlaing@eircom.net
Walsh
Alan
A
O'Grady
Paul
P
Nelligan
Maurice
M
McCormack
Damian
D
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