Field Survey and Radiographic Evaluation of Leg Deformities i... by Sunday Maidawa

The HPT group tended to exhibit more FEV% improvement than the HGT group, but the difference was not significant (5.15 ± 2.27 vs. A significant difference in the pulmonary function test results was apparent between the two groups the mean improvements in the FVC% of the HGT and HPT groups were 6.76 ± 1.85 and 15.6 ± 3.47 % ( P = 0.024). Patient demographics, coronal and sagittal Cobb angles and correction rates, pulmonary function, traction time, osteotomy grade, and postoperative neurological complications were recorded for all cases.

Two patient groups were compared, HPT group ( N = 30) and HGT group ( N = 51). MethodsĨ1 cases of severe rigid kyphoscoliosis treated with preoperative traction prior to corrective surgery for spinal deformity between 20 were retrospectively reviewed. The present study aimed to retrospectively compare the radiographic, pulmonary and clinical outcomes of preoperative HGT and HPT in severe rigid spinal deformity with respiratory dysfunction. Preoperative traction are used to reduce the curve magnitude and improve the pulmonary function before surgery, including halo-gravity traction (HGT) and halo-pelvic traction (HPT).

The severe rigid deformity patients with pulmonary dysfunction could not tolerate complicated corrective surgery.

Field Survey and Radiographic Evaluation of Leg Deformities i... by Sunday Maidawa