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  Cauvery Orthopaedic Centre
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Simultaneous anterior and posterior approach through a costotransversectomy for the treatment of congenital kyphosis and kyphoscoliotic deformities.

• Smith JI, Gollogly S, Dunn HK.
• Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Primary children’s Medical Center, 100 North Medical Drive, Suite 4550, Salt Lake City, UT84113, USA.

The medial records and radiographs for sixteen patients who were managed at our institution for the treatment of congential kyphosis and acquired kyphoscoliosis between 1988 and 2002 were  analyzed. The mean age at the time of surgery was twelve years. The diagnosis was congential kyphosis is fourteen patients and acquired Kyphoscoliptoc deformity was 65 degress (range, 25 degress to 160 degrees), and the mean scoliosis deformity was 47 degress (range 7 degress to 160 degreees), fifteen patients were manager with vertebral resection/osteotomy through a single posterior approach and costotransversectomy, global arthrodesis and posterior segmental spinal instrumentation. The other patient was too small for spinal instrumentation at the time of vertebral resection. A simplified outcome score was created to evaluate the results.

A simultaneous anterior and  posterior approach through a costotransversectomy is a challenging but versatile and effective approach for the treatment of complex kyphotic deformities of the thoracic spine, and in minimizes the risk of neurological injury.

Level of Evidence
Therapeutic level IV