Publications by authors named "M W Al-Sebai"
Objective: To study the safety and efficacy of an innovative device using distraction-based magnetically controlled growing rods (MCGR) for the treatment of pediatric scoliosis.
Methods: This is an evidence-based systematic review of literature for the surgical management of patients with pediatric scoliosis using MCGR technique. Six clinical studies regarding the use of MCGR were included in this review, with a total of 68 patients, and mean age of 8.
We report on 14 patients with tuberculosis of the spine treated by operation. All had disease of three or more vertebrae with involvement of both the anterior and posterior columns and a progressive kyphotic deformity in spite of conservative treatment. We consider such spines to be 'unstable' and have found that anterior as well as posterior fusion with instrumentation is necessary.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To study the patterns of scoliosis seen in a major Spinal Unit in Saudi Arabia.
Methods: Medical records of 192 Saudi patients with scoliosis seen between 1992 and 1997 at the Spinal Unit of the Riyadh Medical Complex (which is a major spinal unit in the Kingdom) were studied and analyzed and epidemiological data was collected.
Results: Fifty nine percent of all cases of scoliosis were idiopathic, 7% were secondary to poliomyelitis and 17% were congenital scoliosis.
Epidemiological patterns of scoliosis in a spinal unit in Saudi Arabia.
Neurosciences (Riyadh)
July 2000
Objective: To study the patterns of scoliosis seen in a major Spinal Unit in Saudi Arabia.
Methods: Medical records of 192 Saudi patients with scoliosis seen between 1992 and 1997 at the Spinal Unit of the Riyadh Medical Complex (which is a major spinal unit in the Kingdom) were studied and analyzed and epidemiological data was collected.
Results: Fifty nine percent of all cases of scoliosis were idiopathic, 7% were secondary to poliomyelitis and 17% were congenital scoliosis.