Thirteen patients with pathologic kyphosis from different ethiologies (Scheuermann's disease, ankylosing spondilitis, congenital, vertebral tuberculosis, post laminectomy and Morquio's syndrome) who underwent surgical treatment were studied. Preoperative kyphosis ranged from 75° to 100° (average 73.3°) and postoperatively averaged 42.3°. The treatment performed was based on kyphosis characteristics (long or short radius, flexibility, magnitude). The different techniques are presented as well as authors' philosophy for surgical treatment of this kind of vertebral deformity.
Spinal deformity; Kyphosis; Surgical treatment
