Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to E Dezen.
The 25-year experience of Santa Casa Spine Center in treating patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is reported. The orthotic and surgical treatments and their complications are discussed, showing efficient, cost-effective ways of acting on these disorders in countries that lack more expensive and modern instrumentation.
Sixty consecutive patients who underwent Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation as part of their reconstructive surgery (failure of previous surgery) were reviewed. The average follow-up was 3 years (range, 2-4.5 years). There were no deaths or major neurologic problems. Pseudarthrosis occurred in six patients, all of whom had long fusion to the sacrum; all six were successfully repaired. Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation provides a far superior method of correction of deformity and internal fixation than that available previously.