E-ISSN: 1019-5157
ISSN: 2651-5024
Vol. 24, Issue 0 (2014)
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Review
Pages: 001-012
Malalignment of the spine can be defined as a spinal deformity. Spinal deformities may be secondary to a variety of causes including
congenital anomalies, neuromuscular disorders, skeletal dysplasies, and some other developmental disorders. Pediatric spine deformities
may be accompanied by neural ...
This chapter explains the significance of the sagittal balance of the spine and spinal and pelvic parameters associated with sagittal balance of
the spine. Herein the parameters related to spinal sagittal balance are C7 plumb line, gravity line, pelvic incidence, sacral slope, pelvic tilt and
spin...
Pages: 020-028
Lumbar spine instability develops as a result of a gradual degenerative process. Segmental instability causes chronic low back pain and
decreases the quality of life of the patient. The deformity that develops secondary to lumbar instability is seen as coronal and sagittal imbalance.
The diagnosis...
Congenital scoliosis is the deformity of the spine that is caused due to intrauterine development anomaly of spine. The defects developing
during formation and segmentation periods of the spine may cause a vertebra anomaly. These defects of the vertebra may cause a serious
deformity and pulmonary ...
Measurement of a curvature angle higher than 10 degrees on anterior-posterior X-rays is known as scoliosis. Idiopathic scoliosis forms 80%
of coronal structural deformities. Deformity causes coronal, sagittal and axial plane imbalance. Idiopathic scoliosis is divided into three
sub-groups by age; ...
Adult deformity, which occurs with degeneration of the spine, is a pathology that has been seen usually in the older population. The patients
with adult deformity have a pain and disability that develops within time. Adult deformity is different from adolescence idiopathic scoliosis
because of its...
Pages: 062-074
A Cobb angle measurement, the angle between upper end plate of T5 and lower end plate of T12, higher than 40 degrees known as kyphosis.
Although various etiologies cause kyphosis, the best-known form, Scheuermann’s kyphosis causes disorder in sagittal balance. Surgery should
be considered fo...
Iatrogenic spinal deformities can cause either sagittal or coronal imbalance. They consist of flat back syndrome, post-laminectomy kyphosis,
proximal junctional kyphosis, failing of a spinal instrument, pseudoarthrosis, infection and using of instruments that cause anterior
compression. We discuss...
Spinal deformity is one of the problematic issues of spine surgery. The variety of spinal deformities and the differences in pathomechanism
require different treatment methods. Another important factor is that some deformities exist with spinal instability. The aim of surgical
treatment in spinal ...
Pages: 098-106
Minimally invasive surgery is currently a goal for surgical intervention in the spine. The effectiveness of endoscopic thoracic spine surgery
and technological improvements are considered to be two factors that are routinely applied to spine surgery, particularly in spine deformity
surgery practic...
Pages: 107-114
The main aim of the rehabilitation programs following surgical correction of spinal deformities is to restore the patient to full function as early
as possible without compromising the integrity of the surgical intervention. The most important issue that need to be considered includes
avoiding str...
Deformity of spine is the structural deformity in sagittal, coronal or both planes due to many causes. Due to the complex structure of deformity,
complications of deformity surgery are different from other surgeries performed for the spine. Being aware of the complications that can cause
balance p...