Combined anterior-posterior fusion with laterally placed threaded interbody cages and pedicle screws for Scheuermann kyphosis. Case report and review of the literature

Neurosurg Focus. 2003 Jan 15;14(1):e10. doi: 10.3171/foc.2003.14.1.11.

Abstract

The authors report their preferred method for correcting Scheuermann disease via a combined anterior-posterior approach; their procedure is associated with a lower morbidity rate than the standard approach. Twenty-month followup examination demonstrated excellent maintenance of correction. The results satisfied the requirements to function without restriction in a vigorous military environment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Adult
  • Back Injuries / complications
  • Back Pain / etiology
  • Back Pain / physiopathology
  • Biomechanical Phenomena
  • Bone Screws*
  • Bone Transplantation
  • Braces
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Decompression, Surgical
  • Disease Progression
  • Diskectomy
  • Humans
  • Internal Fixators*
  • Kyphosis / complications
  • Kyphosis / surgery*
  • Kyphosis / therapy
  • Male
  • Models, Biological
  • Radiography
  • Ribs / surgery
  • Spinal Cord Compression / etiology
  • Spinal Fusion / instrumentation
  • Spinal Fusion / methods*
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / surgery*
  • Thoracotomy
  • Urination Disorders / etiology