Treatment of early-onset scoliosis with growing rods in patients with neurofibromatosis-1
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Marco Carbone; Alice Del Sal; Francesca Vittoria
- Source
- Journal of pediatric orthopedics. Part B. 28(3)
- Subject
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Neurofibromatosis 1
Adolescent
Kyphosis
Scoliosis
Lengthening procedures
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Medicine
Humans
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
In patient
Neurofibromatosis
Child
Retrospective Studies
030222 orthopedics
Cobb angle
business.industry
Retrospective cohort study
medicine.disease
Internal Fixators
Surgery
Spinal Fusion
Treatment Outcome
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Female
Early onset scoliosis
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
- Language
- ISSN
- 1473-5865
This study aimed at verifying the efficacy of growing rod treatment in patients affected by neurofibromatosis with early-onset scoliosis. The authors present a retrospective case study of seven children treated between 2001 and 2017. Mean age at initial surgery was 7.2 years. Mean Cobb angle was 82.7°. Lengthening was performed once a year. Mean Cobb angle at last follow-up was 50.1°. Mean spinal growth was 13.6 mm/year, with regular gain during lengthening procedures. Mean follow-up period was 7 years after the first surgery. Three patients underwent final fusion. Complications were one proximal junctional kyphosis, nine rod breakages, and one hook dislocation.