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Article: Treatment of stiff thoracic scoliosis by thoracoscopic anterior release combined with posterior instrumentation and fusion

TitleTreatment of stiff thoracic scoliosis by thoracoscopic anterior release combined with posterior instrumentation and fusion
Authors
KeywordsMedical sciences
Orthopedics and traumatology
Issue Date2007
PublisherBioMed Central Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.josr-online.com/home
Citation
Journal Of Orthopaedic Surgery And Research, 2007, v. 2 n. 1 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground. Thoracoscopic anterior release has been shown that it can effectively improve spinal flexibility in animal and human cadaveric studies, and has been advocated for use in patients with scoliosis. This prospective case series aims to investigate the improvement of the spinal flexibility and the effectiveness in deformity correction by anterior thoracoscopic release and posterior spinal fusion. Methods. Eleven patients with stiff idiopathic thoracic scoliosis underwent anterior thoracoscopic release followed by posterior instrumentation. The average number of discs excised was five. Spinal flexibility was assessed by the fulcrum bending technique. Cobb angle before and after the anterior release was compared. Results. The patients were followed for an average of 5.6 years (range 2.2 to 8.1 years). Fulcrum bending flexibility was increased from 39% before the thoracoscopic anterior spinal release to 54% after the release. The average Cobb angle before anterior release was 74° on the standing radiograph and 45° with the fulcrum-bending radiograph. This reduced to 34° on the fulcrum-bending radiograph after the release, and highly corresponded to the 31° measured at the post-operative standing radiograph. Conclusion. It was demonstrated in patients with stiff idiopathic thoracic scoliosis that thoracoscopic anterior spinal release can effectively improve the spinal flexibility and increase the correction of the spinal deformity.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/57506
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2023 Impact Factor: 2.8
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.799
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dc.contributor.authorCheung, KMCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWu, JPen_HK
dc.contributor.authorCheng, QHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorMa, BSCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorGao, JCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLuk, KDKen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-12T01:38:31Z-
dc.date.available2010-04-12T01:38:31Z-
dc.date.issued2007en_HK
dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Orthopaedic Surgery And Research, 2007, v. 2 n. 1en_HK
dc.identifier.issn1749-799Xen_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/57506-
dc.description.abstractBackground. Thoracoscopic anterior release has been shown that it can effectively improve spinal flexibility in animal and human cadaveric studies, and has been advocated for use in patients with scoliosis. This prospective case series aims to investigate the improvement of the spinal flexibility and the effectiveness in deformity correction by anterior thoracoscopic release and posterior spinal fusion. Methods. Eleven patients with stiff idiopathic thoracic scoliosis underwent anterior thoracoscopic release followed by posterior instrumentation. The average number of discs excised was five. Spinal flexibility was assessed by the fulcrum bending technique. Cobb angle before and after the anterior release was compared. Results. The patients were followed for an average of 5.6 years (range 2.2 to 8.1 years). Fulcrum bending flexibility was increased from 39% before the thoracoscopic anterior spinal release to 54% after the release. The average Cobb angle before anterior release was 74° on the standing radiograph and 45° with the fulcrum-bending radiograph. This reduced to 34° on the fulcrum-bending radiograph after the release, and highly corresponded to the 31° measured at the post-operative standing radiograph. Conclusion. It was demonstrated in patients with stiff idiopathic thoracic scoliosis that thoracoscopic anterior spinal release can effectively improve the spinal flexibility and increase the correction of the spinal deformity.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherBioMed Central Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.josr-online.com/homeen_HK
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dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.rightsJournal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research. Copyright © BioMed Central Ltd.en_HK
dc.subjectMedical sciencesen_HK
dc.subjectOrthopedics and traumatologyen_HK
dc.titleTreatment of stiff thoracic scoliosis by thoracoscopic anterior release combined with posterior instrumentation and fusionen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.issue1en_HK
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdomen_HK
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