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Treatment of fixed thoracolumbar kyphosis in immature achondroplastic patient: posterior column resection combined with segmental pedicle screw fixation and posterolateral fusion

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A 13-year-old male achondroplastic dwarf with fixed thoracolumbar kyphosis was treated by segmental pedicle screw fixation, posterolateral fusion combined with one stage two level posterior column resection. Preoperative and postoperative kyphosis angles were 97 and 32°, respectively. Combination of segmental pedicle instrumentation with posterior column resection is a treatment option even in immature achondroplastic patients.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kocaeli University School of Medicine, 41900, Derince, Kocaeli, Turkey

    Ahmet Yılmaz Şarlak, Levent Buluç, Kaya Memişoğlu & Barış Kurtgöz

  2. Department of Radiology, Kocaeli University School of Medicine, Derince, Kocaeli, Turkey

    Yonca Anık

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Şarlak, A.Y., Buluç, L., Anık, Y. et al. Treatment of fixed thoracolumbar kyphosis in immature achondroplastic patient: posterior column resection combined with segmental pedicle screw fixation and posterolateral fusion. Eur Spine J 13, 458–461 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-003-0595-y

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