Spinal Fusion for Neuromuscular Scoliosis Kirk W. Dabney Freeman Miller DEFINITION Neuromuscular diseases are heterogeneous between and within diseases and are due to a vast number of pathologies involving the…
Casting for Early-Onset Scoliosis James O. Sanders DEFINITION Early-onset scoliosis is defined as scoliosis occurring by age 5 years. The term was developed because it is more likely associated with…
Pelvic Fixation for Neuromuscular Scoliosis Jaysson T. Brooks Paul D. Sponseller DEFINITION Neuromuscular scoliosis (NMS) is a spinal deformity in the coronal plane in patients with abnormal myoneural pathways of…
Thoracoscopic Release and Fusion for Scoliosis Daniel J. Sucato Matthew D. Abbott DEFINITION Thoracoscopy provides the ability to gain access to the thoracic spine via small incisions (portals). Anterior release…
Anterior Interbody Arthrodesis with Instrumentation for Scoliosis Janay E. Mckie Daniel J. Sucato DEFINITION Thoracic scoliosis and thoracolumbar-lumbar scoliosis are typical curves seen in idiopathic scoliosis and can be treated…
Kyphectomy in Spina Bifida Richard E. McCarthy DEFINITION Kyphosis in the patient with myelomeningocele can occur at the thoracolumbar junction, the midlumbar spine, or the lumbosacral junction. The different types…
Posterior Osteotomies of the Spine Daniel Grant Leok-Lim Lau Suken A. Shah DEFINITION Spinal osteotomies encompass a range of techniques involving resection of bone from the spinal column to induce…
Posterior Spinal Fusion for Idiopathic Scoliosis Peter O. Newton Vidyadhar V. Upasani DEFINITION Idiopathic scoliosis is a progressive three-dimensional spinal deformity in the absence of any congenital spinal anomaly or…
Posterior Exposure of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Wudbhav N. Sankar John M. Flynn DEFINITION Scoliosis is a three-dimensional deformity of the spine and rib cage. The hallmark of scoliotic…
Posterior Cervical Fusion with Lateral Mass Screws Jonathan H. Phillips Lindsay Crawford DEFINITION The lateral mass is a quadrangular area of bone lateral to the lamina and between borders of…
