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Short segment posterior locking cervical plate fixation after kyphectomy for myelomeningocoele-associated kyphosis
Alan J Laing1, Alan Walsh, Paul O'Grady
1Childrens University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin, Ireland. alanlaing@eircom.net
Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques
|June 17, 2006
Abstract:
We report the use of posterior cervical locking plate fixation after apical vertebral excision for congenital lumbar kyphosis in a 3-year-old male myelomeningocoele patient. At 4-year follow-up the fixation was secure and the correction was well preserved.
