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Segmental instrumentation importance in reduction the incidence of spinal pseudoarthrosis in surgically managed scoliosis

Authors

REPKO Martin KRBEC Martin LEZNAR Milan TICHÝ Vladimír

Year of publication 2003
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source European Spine Journal
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Traumatology and orthopaedic surgery
Keywords scoliosis - surgery - segmental instrumentation - pseudoarthrosis
Description In retrospective study the authors evaluated the role of segmental instrumentation in reduction of incidence of the late spinal pseudoarthrosis. Since 1975 the total amount of 1150 scoliotic deformities were surgically managed, the segmental instrumentation was used in 723 patients. Changing of the type instrumentation from distraction to the segmental led to the considerable reduction of the spinal pseudoarthrosis incidence.

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