Monday, June 7, 2010

Treatment of neurological scoliosis of more than 1008 by using a hybrid contstruct (pedicle screws plus universal clamps)

La Rosa G, Giglio G, Oggiano L.
Treatment of neurological scoliosis of more than 1008 by using a hybrid contstruct (pedicle screws plus universal clamps). Paper #F484. To be presented at the EFORT Congress 2010. June 2-5, 2010. Madrid.

Hybrid construct provides adequate correction of deformity in patients with neurological scoliosi. 
Italian orthopaedists reported a low rate of complications when treating patients with high-grade neurological scoliosis using a hybrid construct that combined lumbar pedicle screws, Universal Clamps (Zimmer) and thoracic hooks...... read more