Correction of Sagittal Plane Spinal Deformities with Unit Rod Instrumentation in Children with...

Correction of Sagittal Plane Spinal Deformities with Unit Rod Instrumentation in Children with Cerebral Palsy

by Glenn E. Lipton, Eric J. Letonoff, Kirk W. Dabney, Freeman Miller, and H. Catherine McCarthy

J Bone Joint Surg AmVolume 85(12):2349-2357

December 1, 2003

©2003 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Preoperative posteroanterior radiograph of the spine of a patient with hyperkyphosis and no coronal plane deformity.

Glenn E. Lipton et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2003;85:2349-2357


Preoperative lateral radiograph of the spine, showing a 98° hyperkyphotic curve.



Postoperative posteroanterior radiograph of the spine with the unit rod in place.



Postoperative lateral radiograph of the spine, with reduction of the kyphosis to 34° and lumbar lordosis of 43°.



Preoperative posteroanterior radiograph of the spine of a patient with hyperlordosis and no coronal plane deformity.



Preoperative lateral radiograph of the spine, showing an 88° hyperlordotic lumbar curve.



Postoperative posteroanterior radiograph of the spine with the unit rod in place.



Postoperative lateral radiograph of the spine, with reduction of the lumbar lordosis to 37° and the thoracic kyphosis to 26°.



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