Ahmet Yılmaz Şarlak, Levent Buluç, Yonca Anık, Kaya Memişoğlu, Barış Kurtgöz


April 2004, Volume 13, Issue 5, pp 458 - 461 Original Article Read Full Article 10.1007/s00586-003-0595-y

First Online: 16 April 2004

A 13-year-old male achondroplastic dwarf with fixed thoracolumbar kyphosis was treated by segmental pedicle screw fixation, posterolateral fusion combined with one stage two level posterior column resection. Preoperative and postoperative kyphosis angles were 97 and 32°, respectively. Combination of segmental pedicle instrumentation with posterior column resection is a treatment option even in immature achondroplastic patients.


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