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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 69-B, Issue 2, 179-182
Copyright © 1987 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery

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The rib deformity in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. A prospective study to evaluate changes after Harrington distraction and posterior fusion

CR Weatherley, V Draycott, JF O'Brien, DR Benson, KC Gopalakrishnan, JH Evans, and JP O'Brien

A prospective study to investigate changes in the rib hump or rib deformity after correction of the lateral curvature in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is reported. The operative treatment for 47 patients was by a Harrington distraction rod and posterior fusion. Before operation and at follow-up, measurements of the Cobb angle, of vertebral rotation, and of the rib deformity were taken. Despite operative correction of the lateral curve, there was a progression of the rib deformity in 64% of the cases after four years. Correction of the lateral curve may thus have no effect on vertebral rotation and cannot be guaranteed to effect a permanent reduction of the rib hump.




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