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9431613

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
23
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-2-4
pubmed:abstractText
When evaluating patients with neurofibromatosis and scoliosis, a careful search for the evidence of dystrophic changes should done, because prognosis and management depend highly on the presence of these changes. Preoperative imaging studies including computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging are recommended, especially in cases of dystrophic scoliosis, to detect unrecognized intraspinal lesions. The radiographic findings and the response to treatment in patients with nondystrophic scoliosis are similar to those in patients with idiopathic scoliosis, and the same decision-making process for idiopathic scoliosis is applicable. Careful follow-up evaluation is mandatory, however, because of the tendency for extraordinary progression to occur with growth. Brace treatment of the short, angulated, dystrophic curves is ineffective; early and aggressive surgical intervention is strongly recommended. In most cases, dystrophic curvatures are best treated with combined anterior and posterior spinal arthrodesis. The fusion area should be generous, and the entire structural area of the deformity both anteriorly and posteriorly should be fused.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0362-2436
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2770-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-7-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Spine update. The management of scoliosis in neurofibromatosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review