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Atypical congenital kyphosis: Report of two cases with long-term follow-up
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Atypical congenital kyphosis: Report of two cases with long-term follow-up

Hyun Woo Kim and Stuart L Weinstein
Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume, Vol.80(1), pp.25-29
01/01/1998
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.80B1.8136
PMID: 9460947

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Abstract

We describe two patients with an atypical congenital kyphosis in which a hypoplastic lumbar vertebral body lay in the spinal canal because of short pedicles. There were no defects in the posterior elements, or any apparent instability of the facet joints. Both patients were treated successfully by anterior fusion to the levels immediately above and below the affected vertebra, and posterior fusion which extended one level more both proximally and distally. This gave progressive correction of the kyphotic deformity by allowing some continued anterior growth at the levels which had been fused posteriorly.

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