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The Bone & Joint Journal
Vol. 98-B, Issue 3 | Pages 402 - 409
1 Mar 2016
Sudo H Kaneda K Shono Y Iwasaki N

Aims

A total of 30 patients with thoracolumbar/lumbar adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) treated between 1989 and 2000 with anterior correction and fusion surgery using dual-rod instrumentation were reviewed.

Patients and Methods

Radiographic parameters and clinical outcomes were compared among patients with lowest instrumented vertebra (LIV) at the lower end vertebra (LEV; EV group) (n = 13) and those treated by short fusion (S group), with LIV one level proximal to EV (n = 17 patients).


The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 79-B, Issue 1 | Pages 43 - 47
1 Jan 1997
Minami A Kaneda K Satoh S Abumi K Kutsumi K

A vascularised fibular strut graft was used for anterior spinal fusion in 16 patients with spinal kyphosis. The procedure was abandoned in three because of difficulty in establishing a vascular anastomosis and in one because the grafted fibula dislodged two days after operation. One patient died after five days. Of the 11 remaining patients, there were seven males and four females. Their ages at the time of operation averaged 30.9 years (12 to 71). The number of vertebrae fused averaged 6.7 (5 to 9) and the length of fibula grafted averaged 10.9 cm (6.5 to 18).

Average follow-up was 54 months (27 to 84). Bone union occurred at both ends of the grafted fibula in all 11 patients, with an average time to union of 5.5 months (3 to 8). We did not see a fracture of the grafted fibula. Two patients had postoperative complications; the graft dislodged in one and laryngeal oedema occurred two days after operation in the other.

A vascularised fibular strut graft provides a biomechanically stable and long-standing support in spinal fusion because the weak phase of creeping substitution does not take place in the graft.