Congenital kyphoscoliosis complicated by paraplegia
Døssing, K.V.; Christensen, K.S.; Thomsen, K.; Bünger, C.E.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 157(4): 451-453
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-5782 PMID: 7846793 Document Number: 444694
Congenital scoliosis accounts for 10% of all scolioses which require treatment. Correct treatment demands an exact and early detection of the deformity. Early intervention may only require a minor operation. Two cases are presented with paraplegia as the first presenting symptom of congenital kyphoscoliosis. In both cases anterior decompression and spondylodesis was followed by early neurological recovery. After a second operation with posterior spondylodesis and instrumentation ad modum Cotrel-Dubousset the patients were mobilised. Patients with congenital spinal deformity ought to be investigated and treated in a highly specialized department of spinal surgery.