Hybrid versus total sublaminar wires in patients with spinal muscular atrophy undergoing scoliosis surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early versions of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) scoliosis correction surgery often involved sublaminar devices. Recently, the utilization of pedicle screws has gained much popularity. Pedicle screws are generally believed to provide additional deformity correction, but pedicle size and rotational deformity limit their application in the thoracic spine, resulting in a hybrid construct involving pedicle screws and sublaminar wire. Studies of the efficacy of hybrid instrumentation in SMA scoliosis are often limited by the scarcity of the disease itself. In this study, we aimed to compare the surgical outcomes between hybrid constructs involving pedicle screws and sublaminar wire and sublaminar wire alone in patients with SMA scoliosis.

Methods

We retrospectively revi

SUBMITTER: Chou SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8507395 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature