Abstract
Study design: A case report of congenital kyphosis corrected using a total en-bloc spondylectomy.
Objectives: To report a new surgical technique for the treatment of congenital kyphosis with myelopathy.
Setting: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.
Methods: A 16-year-old boy who showed a 61° angular kyphosis and a 32° scoliosis from T6 to T9 due to the failure of the vertebral bodies formation in T7 and T8 was treated with a total en-bloc spondylectomy.
Results: The kyphosis was corrected to 26° (57.3%) and the scoliosis was corrected to 5° (84.4%) postoperatively. Three years postoperatively, no loss of correction has occurred and the patient has no complaints.
Conclusions: Total en-bloc spondylectomy is one of the useful surgical procedures for correction of congenital kyphosis Type I, with a high correction rate.
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Shimada, Y., Abe, E. & Sato, K. Total en-bloc spondylectomy for correcting congenital kyphosis. Spinal Cord 38, 382–385 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.sc.3101004
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