The Treatment of Flexion Myelopathy of the Thoracic Spine in Pierre Robin Sequence: A Case Report
Kunakornsawat, S.; Sathira-Angkura, V.; Prasartritha, T.; Sudprasert, W.; Tungsiripat, R.
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 98(10): 1041-1044
2015
ISSN/ISBN: 0125-2208 PMID: 26638597 Document Number: 16945
A few studies had reported the spinal deformity associated with neurological symptoms in PRS patients. To report the management of myelopathy fromflexible thoracic kyphoscoliosis in Pierre Robin sequence (PRS) patient. A 15-year-old PRS patient with thoracic kyphoscolsis developed myelopathy symptom for 4 months. Posterior instrumentation (Cotrel-Dubousset) from T1-T9 was done to correct her deformity without decompression. Her motor power improved to grade 5/5 two months after operation. Her urological symptom returned to normal at 4-month postoperatively. Myelopathy from flexible kyphotic deformity in PRS patients can be successfully treated by posterior correction and fusion without decompression.
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