Twelve patients with juvenile kyphosis and eight patients with idiopathic kyphosis were reviewed at an average follow-up of 19 years. The average age of the patients at follow-up was 33 years (range 26-45 years). All the patients but one, who had a posterior fusion of the dorsal spine, had been treated with a plaster cast jacket followed by a plastic brace. At the end of treatment there had been an improvement of about 30% on the original curves in both juvenile and idiopathic kyphosis. At follow-up, however, all the patients had lost the correction obtained and the curves had become worse than originally, those in idiopathic kyphosis more so than those in juvenile kyphosis. Despite the increase in their angular deformity, all the patients managed fairly well and only two complained of distressing back pain.

Farsetti, P., Tudisco, C., Caterini, R., Ippolito, E. (1991). Juvenile and idiopathic kyphosis. Long-term follow-up of 20 cases. ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY, 110(3), 165-168.

Juvenile and idiopathic kyphosis. Long-term follow-up of 20 cases

FARSETTI, PASQUALE;TUDISCO, COSIMO;CATERINI, ROBERTO;IPPOLITO, ERNESTO
1991-01-01

Abstract

Twelve patients with juvenile kyphosis and eight patients with idiopathic kyphosis were reviewed at an average follow-up of 19 years. The average age of the patients at follow-up was 33 years (range 26-45 years). All the patients but one, who had a posterior fusion of the dorsal spine, had been treated with a plaster cast jacket followed by a plastic brace. At the end of treatment there had been an improvement of about 30% on the original curves in both juvenile and idiopathic kyphosis. At follow-up, however, all the patients had lost the correction obtained and the curves had become worse than originally, those in idiopathic kyphosis more so than those in juvenile kyphosis. Despite the increase in their angular deformity, all the patients managed fairly well and only two complained of distressing back pain.
1991
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Rilevanza internazionale
Articolo
Sì, ma tipo non specificato
Settore MED/33 - MALATTIE APPARATO LOCOMOTORE
English
Spine; Scheuermann Disease; Humans; Kyphosis; Follow-Up Studies; Child; Adolescent; Male; Female
Farsetti, P., Tudisco, C., Caterini, R., Ippolito, E. (1991). Juvenile and idiopathic kyphosis. Long-term follow-up of 20 cases. ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY, 110(3), 165-168.
Farsetti, P; Tudisco, C; Caterini, R; Ippolito, E
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