A technique of correction and internal fixation for scoliosis
Resina, J.; Alves, A.F.
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British Volume 59(2): 159-165
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0301-620X PMID: 873976 Document Number: 111664
This report describes a technique for the correction and fusion of scoliosis with the aid of a flexible metal rod that is fixed by wires under tension to the bases of the spinous processes on the convex side of the curve at a number of points. The results in a series of 100 cases are reported. In the last seventy patients, the average correction at one month was 51 per cent, and after two years 45 per cent. In these seventy cases the incidence of pseudarthrosis was 5-7 per cent.