Non-Idiopathic Spine Deformities in Young Children

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Yazici, Muharrem (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Neurosurgery.; Orthopedics.; Rehabilitation.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Orthopedics.

Non-idiopathic early onset scoliosis represents a true challenge to the physician due to the significance of the ongoing growth of the spine, the risk of curve progression, and the risk of pulmonary insufficiency. A comprehensive review of the growth mechanisms of spine in infancy forms the basis of...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Growth: Normal and abnormal spine growth. Evaluation: Clinical evaluation
• Radiologic evaluation. Deformities: Congenital spine deformities
• Neuromuscular deformities: General considerations
• Cerebral palsy
• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Spinal Muscular Atrophy
• Other neuromuscular disorders with spinal deformity. Management: Casting, bracing and traction
• Indication for non-fusion techniques in non-idiopathic scoliosis
• Growth modulation techniques for non-idiopathic early onset scoliosis
• Instrumentation in the childhood spinal deformities: Challenges, problems, limitations and solutions
• Fusionless instrumentation for non-idiopathic spine deformities of young children: The Growing Rod Technique
• VEPTR instrumentation in early onset scoliosis.