10.1055/b-0035-124600 15 Complications of Growing Rod TreatmentNima Kabirian and Behrooz A. Akbarnia The growing rod technique is the prototype of posterior distraction-based growing spine procedures used for the surgical treatment…
10.1055/b-0035-124601 16 The Natural History of Neuromuscular ScoliosisVivienne Campbell The aims of this chapter are the following: Explore what is meant by the term neuromuscular scoliosis; Critique the published literature…
10.1055/b-0035-124598 13 Surgical Options: The Shilla ProcedureRichard E. McCarthy The various etiologic diagnoses in early onset scoliosis all lead to a common pathway—namely, that of thoracic insufficiency syndrome. The diagnoses…
10.1055/b-0035-124592 7 Surgical Treatment of Congenital Spine DeformityAthanasios I. Tsirikos Congenital vertebral anomalies can produce a severe deformity of the spine in the coronal and/or sagittal plane with often a…
10.1055/b-0035-124590 5 Neuroaxial AnomaliesJayaratnam Jayamohan The relationship between abnormalities of the brain and spinal cord and early onset scoliosis is not fully understood. Most neuroaxial anomalies are congenital or perinatal…
10.1055/b-0035-124588 3 The Genetics of Congenital Scoliosis and Abnormal Vertebral SegmentationPeter D. Turnpenny Before the modern molecular era, genetic analyses were often undertaken as epidemiologic studies, leading to the detailed…
10.1055/b-0035-124591 6 Congenital Deformities of the SpineAthanasios I. Tsirikos The spectrum of congenital deformities of the spine includes a range of conditions that blend gradually from scoliosis through kyphoscoliosis to…
10.1055/b-0035-124589 4 Respiratory Implications of Abnormal Development of the SpineRobert M. Campbell, Jr. Abnormal development of the spine can cause significant scoliosis, kyphosis, or lordosis, resulting in body deformities that…
10.1055/b-0035-124586 1 Frontier of the ImpossibleFederico Canavese and Alain Dimeglio When you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Early onset…
10.1055/b-0035-124587 2 Development of the SpineAlain Dimeglio and Federico Canavese Only a perfect knowledge of normal growth parameters allows a thorough understanding of the pathologic changes induced in a growing…
