Authors: KeeYong Ha SeungWoo Suh YoungHoon Kim SangIl Kim
Publish Date: 2016/07/18
Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 47-52
Abstract
A 2yearold patient with thoracic hyperlordosis underwent observation for 1 year To halt the progression of hyperlordosis a posterior laminectomy was carried out to remove all the fused segments Despite surgery lordosis progressed via spontaneous autofusion with development of scoliosis with unilateral unsegmented bar At the age of 9 years the patient underwent posterior osteotomy at the fused segments which was unsuccessful in the correction of hyperlordosis but was successful in the correction of scoliosis At the age of 12 years the patient complained of mild breathing difficulties resulting from hyperlordosis of the thoracic spine and underwent posterior multilevel vertebral osteotomy PMVO again to correct lordoscoliosis
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