Surgical correction of subaxial kyphosis in a child with type I neurofibromatosis: rare clinical case and literature review
The paper presents a case of rapidly developing severe cervical kyphosis in a 5-year-old child which was the first clinical manifestation of type I neurofibromatosis (NF1). Surgical correction was carried out in two stages with preliminary hardware halo-traction and subsequent reconstruction of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ministry of Health of Russian Federation, Federal State Budgetary Institution "Novosibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics n.a. Ya.L. Tsivyan"
2018-06-01
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| Series: | Хирургия позвоночника |
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| Online Access: | https://www.spinesurgery.ru/jour/article/view/1464/1411 |
| Summary: | The paper presents a case of rapidly developing severe cervical kyphosis in a 5-year-old child which was the first clinical manifestation of
type I neurofibromatosis (NF1). Surgical correction was carried out in two stages with preliminary hardware halo-traction and subsequent
reconstruction of the spine using titanium mesh cage with bone autograft and posterior instrumentation. The deformity was corrected
from the magnitude of 79° to the restoration of physiological lordosis. Long-term results were followed-up for 2.5 years with full mainte-
nance of the achieved deformity correction. A 15-year literature review on the cervical spine lesions in NF1 is presented. |
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| ISSN: | 1810-8997 2313-1497 |