Surgical treatment of neuromuscular scoliosis: current techniques.

Surgical treatment of neuromuscular scoliosis: current techniques.Greggi T, Lolli F, Di Silvestre M, Martikos K, Vommaro F, Maredi E, Giacomini S, Baioni A, Cioni A. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2012;176:315-8.

Keywords: posterior only instrumented fusion, cerebral palsy (13 cases), Duchenne muscular dystrophy (7), spinal amyotrophy (7), myelomeningocele (5), poliomyelitis (3), Friedreich's ataxia (2), Escobar syndrome (2), Steinert's disease (1), Charcot Marie Tooth disease (1), safe and effective procedure, limited respiratory function.