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The operative treatment of spinal deformities in MMC

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The results of the operative treatment of scoliosis in 12 patients with MMC and in two patients with associated severe kyphosis are presented. In scoliosis only multi-segmental methods combined with ventral procedures allow a postoperative care without brace or cast. The angle before and after operation with the CDI or CDI/VDS procedures averaged 80.3° and 38.2° respectively (mean corrections of 41.5° and 51.6%). The results show that patients with scoliosis with MMC had a approximately 30% greater preoperative angle than patients with idiopathic scoliosis. An early operation (in progressive curves with more than 30°) may reduce the number and severity of complications.

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    Christof Hopf & Albrecht Wackerhagen

  2. Neurosurgical Department of the University Mainz, Germany

    Manfred Schwarz & Dieter Voth

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Hopf, C., Schwarz, M., Wackerhagen, A. et al. The operative treatment of spinal deformities in MMC. Neurosurg. Rev. 16, 45–52 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00308613

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