Abstract Objective To evaluate the spinopelvic alignment in patients with thoracolumbar burst fracture (TBF) without neurological deficit treated nonsurgically and surgically in a tertiary reference trauma hospital. Method Retrospective cross-sectional study of patients with single level, type A3 and A...
ABSTRACT Objective: This study aims to evaluate angular progression of patients with a diagnosis of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS), that await surgical treatment. Methods: This is an observational and descriptive study. Data were collected for age at initial surgical indication, initial date and...
Introducción: El uso del sistema de barras magnéticas para el tratamiento de la escoliosis de comienzo temprano es un método utilizado en los últimos 10 años; su eficacia está respaldada por la bibliografía, pero no está exento de complicaciones. Objetivo: Analizar retrospectivamente una serie de...
ABSTRACT: Objective: Evaluate the inter and intra-observer reliability of Nash and Moe's grades, used to assess patients diagnosed with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS). Methodology: Forty-seven representative x-rays of patients with AIS were randomly selected to evaluate the apical vertebral rotati...
Abstract Objective The present study aims to determine the intra- and inter-rater reliability and reproducibility of the Roussouly classification for lumbar lordosis types. Methods A database of 104 panoramic, lateral radiographs of the spine of male individuals aged between 18 and 40 years old was use...
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the intra- and interobserver reproducibility of radiographic cranial parameters. Method: A study of the reproducibility of the radiographic cranial parameters (cranial incidence, cranial tilt, cranial slope and spinocervical angle) of 40 patients by 4 observers with diff...
La escoliosis distrófica de la neurofibromatosis se caracteriza por ser una cifoescoliosis de ángulo agudo que compromete un segmento corto de la columna vertebral y genera una gran deformidad que, sumada a los cambios distróficos de la columna, convierte a los gestos quirúrgicos para su corrección ...
ABSTRACT Objective In 2003, Mazda et al. introduced a new device for surgical correction of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) called sublaminar bands (SB). The reduction principle that SBs use is posteromedial spinal translation, similar to Luque's wiring, but using polyester bands. Methods We pe...
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To identify the incidence and possible risk factors associated with rod breakage in patients who underwent vertebral column resection (VCR) or pedicle subtraction osteotomy (PSO) to treat complex deformities of the spine.
Methods
Retrospective analysis of a series of 32 patients op...
El síndrome de la espalda inclinada o camptocormia es una causa de desequilibrio sagital del tronco no estructurada de difícil manejo médico y quirúrgico. Puede ser secundario a enfermedades del sistema nervioso central o periférico, o de origen primario muscular, como la atrofia aislada de la muscu...
