Long-term outcomes and complications of isolated anterior thoracolumbar fusion for neuromuscular scoliosis associated with myelomeningocele.

Purpose: Neuromuscular scoliosis associated with myelomeningocele is a difficult clinical dilemma for the treating surgeon. The traditional surgical treatment consists of a posterior spinal instrumented fusion with or without a combined anterior procedure, but this has been associated with high complication rates, mostly related to deep infection. An anterior thoracolumbar fusion is not able to address the entirety of the deformity in many cases but could potentially avoid the devastating infection risks from the posterior approach by avoiding compromised skin.

Use of Magnetic Spinal Growth Rods (MCGR) With and Without Preoperative Halo-gravity Traction (HGT) for the Treatment of Severe Early-onset Scoliosis (EOS).

Background: Correction of severe scoliosis through distraction-based techniques poses a challenge. Magnetically controlled growing rod (MCGR) hardware complications are common with a 27.8% to 46.

Paper #33: Magnetic Spinal Growth Rods (MCGR) with and without Preoperative Traction for the Treatment of Severe Scoliosis.

Large rigid curves can be treated with MCGR and preop traction with equivalent correction to smaller flexible curves and maintain correction over time.

Rotationplasty as a salvage of failed primary limb reconstruction: up to date review and case report.

We report a case of a 15-year-old girl who is a known case for proximal focal femoral deficiency. She underwent several surgical lengthening procedures. Her course was complicated by femur nonunion, knee joint dislocation, stiff knee, and final lower limb discrepancy of over 15 cm.