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Figure 10 | Scoliosis

Figure 10

From: “Bone-οn-Bone” surgical reconstruction of moderate severity, flexible single curve adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: continuing improvements of the technique and results in three scoliosis centers after almost twenty years of use

Figure 10

Illustration demonstrating how little implant application and compression provides to total correction of this 65 degree curve. Above illustration: discectomies completed staples and screws in place, but no rods. Apposition is almost final, but slight compression must occur at two of the four discs within the construct. Two of the four discs are lying in “bone-on-bone” apposition, following the “total discectomy” at each interspace. Two need slight additional discectomy, before applying the rods and achieving final “bone-on-bone” apposition at all 4 interspaces.

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Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders

ISSN: 2397-1789

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