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Surgical Correction for Pediatric Epiblepharon and Trichiasis
Published on: July 8, 2025
SURGICAL CORRECTION OF SEVERE AND FIXED CHIN-ON-CHEST DEFORMITY
Raphael Martus Marcon1, Allan Hiroshi de Araujo Ono1, Flávio Gerardo Benites Zelada1
1Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas (IOT-HCFMUSP), Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatología, Laboratory of Medical investigation, Spine Surgery Division, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Objective:
To describe a successful surgical treatment for the challenging severe and fixed chin-on-chest deformity due to isolated neck extensor myopathy (INEM).
Background Data:
INEM is an idiopathic cause of dropped head syndrome (DHS) that results in severe cervicothoracic kyphosis, defined as chin-on-chest deformity. The existing literature on surgical management is limited, with outcomes ranging from poor to excellent. INEM may present to the spinal surgeon for consideration of surgical management.
Methods:
The authors present a technique that uses a staged posterior and anterior approach combined with osteotomies and corpectomy to correct the severe and fixed deformity. A state of the art anterior and posterior instrumentation system was used.
Results:
At the three-months follow-up, there was good deformity correction and the patient's satisfaction was high, with no neurological deterioration occurring.
Conclusions:
The technique illustrated in this study represents a successful option to treat this debilitating deformity. More evidence is needed to set up a definitive algorithm for the management of this condition.
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