Kyphectomy in Spina Bifida

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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…

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Posterior Osteotomies of the Spine

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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…

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Posterior Spinal Fusion for Idiopathic Scoliosis

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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…

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Release of the Sternocleidomastoid Muscle

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Release of the Sternocleidomastoid Muscle Gokce Mik Denis S. Drummond B. David Horn DEFINITION The term torticollis comes from the Latin words tortus (twisted) and collum (neck). It refers to…

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Modified Woodward Repair of Sprengel Deformity

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Modified Woodward Repair of Sprengel Deformity J. Richard Bowen DEFINITION Sprengel deformity is a congenital anomaly of the shoulder characterized by a high elevation of a hypoplastic scapula and medial…

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Forearm Osteotomy for Multiple Hereditary Exostoses

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Forearm Osteotomy for Multiple Hereditary Exostoses Carley Vuillermin Carla Baldrighi Scott N. Oishi DEFINITION Multiple hereditary exostoses (MHE), first described by Boyer3 in 1814, is a familial disorder with an…

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