Apophyseolysis of the fourth lumbar vertebra: an early postoperative complication following kyphectomy in myelomeningocele

Authors
Bohm, H ElSaghir, H
Citation
H. Bohm et H. Elsaghir, Apophyseolysis of the fourth lumbar vertebra: an early postoperative complication following kyphectomy in myelomeningocele, EUR SPINE J, 9(6), 2000, pp. 586-587
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Ortopedics, Rehabilitation & Sport Medicine
Journal title
EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL
ISSN journal
09406719 → ACNP
Volume
9
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
586 - 587
Database
ISI
SICI code
0940-6719(200012)9:6<586:AOTFLV>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
This is a report of a young girl with congenital kyphosis at the thoracolum bar spine in association with myelomeningocele. Kyphectomy and posterior st abilisation extending from the eighth thoracic to the fourth lumbar vertebr a was done. Apophyseolysis occurred as an early postoperative complication at the level of the L4-L5 disc. This failure mode was treated by extending the fusion to the pelvis.