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| Issue : 4 | Page : 216-218 |
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Cervical spine surgery in patients with diastrophic dysplasia: Case report with long-term follow-up
Barbara Jasiewicz, Tomasz Potaczek, Slawomir Duda, Maciej Tesiorowski
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University, Zakopane, Poland
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Tomasz Potaczek
Balzera Street 15, 34-500 Zakopane
Poland
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DOI: 10.4103/0974-8237.167886
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Cervical kyphosis in diastrophic dysplasia (DTD) is a very dangerous deformity which may lead to compression of neural structures resulting in tetraplegia or even. Treatment of this deformity is usually surgical, but no long-term follow-up studies are presented in the literature. Authors present a case of two children with DTD who underwent anterior corpectomy due to severe cervical kyphosis. The kyphotic deformity was corrected and the normal spinal canal width was restored. The effects of the correction remained stable for respectively 6 and 10 years of the follow-up period. The unique follow-up confirms that this type of intervention leads to an effective and long lasting results. Significant cervical kyphosis in patients suffering from DTD may be treated surgically using anterior approach even in young children with a favorable and lasting results. |
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