Surgical staged treatment for moderate to severe adolescent cervical kyphosis

• Published in: 中华医学杂志（英文版） Vol. 124; no. 23; pp. 3864 - 3867
• Main Author: LIANG Lei ZHOU Xu-hui LIU Yang GAO Rui CHEN Hua-jiang YANG Li-li SHI Sheng YUAN Wen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Spine Surgery, Changzheng Orthopaedics Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China 05.12.2011
• Subjects: X射线检查; 仪器仪表; 外科治疗; 手术治疗; 磁共振成像; 神经功能; 青少年; 颈椎; cervical vertebrae; kyphosis; staged treatment; adolescent

Adolescent cervical kyphosis refers to manifestation characterized by loss of physiological cervical lordosis with involvement of multiple cervical vertebrae. There is no standard treatment strategy for this disease, especially in those patients who need surgical intervention. The aim of this study...