Sports and Sports-Related Injuries in the Growing Spine
Fig. 22.1 SPECT 22.3.2 Muscle Strain Muscle strains are a common cause of back pain in the pediatric and adolescent athlete. They have been estimated to occur in 27 %…
Spinal Deformity in Metabolic Disorders
Disorder and OMIM link Pathophysiology and inheritance Typical features Treatment Association with spinal deformity Rickets like disorders Vitamin D-deficient rickets Vitamin D deficiency from poor dietary intact, often breastfed,…
Treatment of Spinal Deformity in Cerebral Palsy
Neuropathic Upper motor neuron Cerebral palsy Spinocerebellar degeneration Friedreich ataxia Charcot–Marie–Tooth Roussy–Levy Syringomyelia Spinal cord tumor Spinal cord trauma Lower motor neuron Poliomyelitis and other viral myelitides Traumatic Spinal muscle…
Outcomes in Children with Early-Onset Scoliosis
Fig. 55.1 A representative case highlighting difficulty and variability in decision-making in patients with early-onset scoliosis. Members of the Children’s Spine Foundation exhibited significant inter- and intra-observer variability in treatment…
Revision Spine Surgery in the Growing Child
Fig. 35.1 A 17-year-old female with painful “adding on” below prior posterior selective thoracic spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Following the index surgery, she experienced progressive spinal deformity and…
Vertebral Osteotomy
Fig. 32.1 This figure shows the differences visible on lateral radiographs in the size proportions within the lumbar spine in a 20-year-old adult (a), in a growing spine at the…
Clinical Examination and Associated Comorbidities of Early Onset Scoliosis
Fig. 8.1 A hairy patch found in the back of a child with congenital spinal deformity; it can be associated with occult spinal dysraphism. The presence of neurocutaneous stigmas is…
Other Syndromic Disorders of the Growing Spine
Fig. 18.1 The 9-year-old female patient with SGS. The patient had a previous growing rod instrumentation to treat pelvic obliquity (a, b), however, developed lordosis and significant decompensation with a…
A Journey from the Past to the Future
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016Behrooz A. Akbarnia, Muharrem Yazici and George H. Thompson (eds.)The Growing Spine10.1007/978-3-662-48284-1_57 57. A Journey from the Past to the Future Muharrem Yazici1 , Behrooz A. Akbarnia2 and George H. Thompson3 (1) Department of Orthopaedics, Hacettepe University Faculty…
Regulatory Policies Regarding Pediatric Spinal Devices
Pediatric subgroup FDA guidance on approximate age range for this subpopulation Newborn (neonate) From birth to 1 month of age Infant Greater than 1 month to 2 years of age…
