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01-02-2010 | Technical Note

Use of the Universal Clamp for deformity correction and as an adjunct to fusion: preliminary results in scoliosis

Authors: Jean-Luc Jouve, Jérôme Sales de Gauzy, Benjamin Blondel, Franck Launay, Franck Accadbled, Gérard Bollini

Published in: Journal of Children's Orthopaedics | Issue 1/2010

Abstract

Purpose

Evaluation of a novel instrumentation device for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Methods

A new osteosynthesis implant (Universal Clamp) primarily consisting of a sublaminar band and titanium clamp was prospectively studied in 32 patients (average age, 15 years) with a major thoracic curve.

Results

The Universal Clamp was used without anterior release to reduce and maintain correction of the thoracic curve, which improved from 55.1° preoperatively to 14.5° at 3 months without neurological complication or loss of kyphosis.

Conclusions

This implant distributes stress over a larger area of the laminar cortex than sublaminar wires, patently reducing the risk of laminar fracture for equivalent reduction forces, and permits progressive reduction at several apical levels simultaneously.

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Title: Use of the Universal Clamp for deformity correction and as an adjunct to fusion: preliminary results in scoliosis
Authors: Jean-Luc Jouve
Jérôme Sales de Gauzy
Benjamin Blondel
Franck Launay
Franck Accadbled
Gérard Bollini
Publication date: 01-02-2010
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Journal of Children's Orthopaedics / Issue 1/2010
Print ISSN: 1863-2521
Electronic ISSN: 1863-2548
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11832-009-0221-6

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Use of the Universal Clamp for deformity correction and as an adjunct to fusion: preliminary results in scoliosis

Abstract

Purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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Results

Conclusions

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