Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation. Results in 52 patients.

摘要: Fifty-two posterior spinal fusions were performed for pediatric idiopathic, congenital, and neuromuscular scoliotic curves. Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation was used in all patients. Nine had prior anterior releases fusions. The patterns mixed, with a predominance of right thoracic curvatures. average preoperative curve measured 60.6 degrees, correction to 29. Seven patients required revision surgery, 17 wore orthoses after operation. There complications this group, including hook pullout, prominent hardware, infection, pseudarthrosis, two cases broken rods. Fatigue failure instrumentation, secondary has not been reported previously, these are presented detail. operative morbidity difficulty increased the larger idiopathic curves congenital scoliosis. is an overall excellent tool multiplanar scoliosis amenable surgery.