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The effect of intraoperative traction during posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Department of Surgery, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Spine (impact factor: 2.08). 08/2004; 29(14):1549-54. pp.1549-54
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ABSTRACT A retrospective study comparing patients having traction and a control group not having traction during posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion (PSIF) for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS).
To evaluate the effect of intraoperative traction on surgical correction of AIS.
When the Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation system was introduced, the use of intraoperative traction was advocated. However, there is no specific report documenting the effect of intraoperative traction on the correction of AIS.
The medical and radiologic records of 140 AIS patients treated by PSIF were reviewed. Forty of these patients had intraoperative traction using a head halter associated with lower extremity skin traction. The radiologic outcome was compared between the two groups intraoperatively (before instrumentation with the first rod) and after surgery using Student t tests (level of significance = 0.05).
The intraoperative and postoperative corrections of the coronal primary Cobb angle were similar for both groups, although the patients in the traction group had smaller preoperative Cobb angles and more flexible curves and were instrumented with more screws. The postoperative thoracic kyphosis was significantly increased in both groups. The lumbar lordosis at the 1-year follow-up was maintained in the control group, but it was significantly decreased in the traction group.
The authors do not recommend the routine use of intraoperative traction using a head halter combined with skin traction for all AIS patients undergoing PSIF. However, it could be helpful in selected cases, such as in patients having pelvic obliquity and requiring instrumentation of the pelvis.

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Keywords

140 AIS patients
 
adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
 
AIS patients undergoing PSIF
 
control group
 
Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation system
 
first rod
 
flexible curves
 
head halter
 
intraoperative traction
 
lower extremity skin traction
 
posterior spinal instrumentation
 
postoperative corrections
 
postoperative thoracic kyphosis
 
radiologic outcome
 
radiologic records
 
routine use
 
skin traction
 
surgical correction
 
traction group
 
two groups intraoperatively
 

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