10.1055/b-0035-124603 18 Surgical Treatment and OutcomesS.M.H. Mehdian and Nasir Quraishi Neuromuscular disorders comprise a very diverse group of conditions. The most common myopathic form is Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and the…
10.1055/b-0035-124604 19 Best Surgical Strategies for Sitting ComfortRobert Crawford Children with neuromuscular disorders are often unable to walk and depend on wheelchairs for mobility. It is therefore doubly unfortunate for…
10.1055/b-0035-124593 8 Surgical Treatment: The Nottingham ExperienceJohn K. Webb and Nasir A. Quraishi Early onset scoliosis is a heterogeneous condition. The prognosis and natural history vary widely, depending on whether…
10.1055/b-0035-124594 9 Surgical InterventionAdrian Gardner and David Marks Surgical intervention in the management of noncongenital early onset scoliosis and infantile idiopathic scoliosis is indicated if there is a failure of…
10.1055/b-0035-124602 17 Assessing Outcomes in Neuromuscular ScoliosisMichael Grevitt “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”“That depends a good deal on where you want to…
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…
