%0 Journal Article %1 Allen1982 %A Allen, B. L. %A Ferguson, R. L. %D 1982 %J J Pediatr Orthop %K Adolescent; Cerebra; Female; Humans; Male; Orthopedic Fixation Devices; Postoperative Complications; Scoliosis; Spine; l Palsy %N 1 %P 87--96 %T L-rod instrumentation for scoliosis in cerebral palsy. %V 2 %X From April 1977 through September 1980 at the University of Texas Medical Branch, 10 cerebral palsied individuals with total body involvement were surgically treated for their scoliosis. Each underwent L-rod instrumentation either as a definitive procedure or as the second surgery in a two-staged correction and arthrodesis. The average age of the group was 15.6 years and the average curve severity 70.8 degrees. An average correction of 59.9\% or 41.5 degrees was obtained; two-stage procedures averaged 7.2 degrees correction per segment as contrasted with 5.4 degrees for single stage surgery. Most patients had regained their preoperative level of function within 2 weeks after L-rod instrumentation. At an average follow-up interval of 2.73 years, all have a solid spinal arthrodesis. On the basis of this experience, we feel that L-rod instrumentation is a more effective adjunct in the surgical management of cerebral palsy scoliosis than combined Harrington-Dwyer instrumentations.

@article{Allen1982, abstract = {From April 1977 through September 1980 at the University of Texas Medical Branch, 10 cerebral palsied individuals with total body involvement were surgically treated for their scoliosis. Each underwent L-rod instrumentation either as a definitive procedure or as the second surgery in a two-staged correction and arthrodesis. The average age of the group was 15.6 years and the average curve severity 70.8 degrees. An average correction of 59.9\% or 41.5 degrees was obtained; two-stage procedures averaged 7.2 degrees correction per segment as contrasted with 5.4 degrees for single stage surgery. Most patients had regained their preoperative level of function within 2 weeks after L-rod instrumentation. At an average follow-up interval of 2.73 years, all have a solid spinal arthrodesis. On the basis of this experience, we feel that L-rod instrumentation is a more effective adjunct in the surgical management of cerebral palsy scoliosis than combined Harrington-Dwyer instrumentations.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T17:38:11.000+0200}, author = {Allen, B. L. and Ferguson, R. L.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/24d0965206941cd52f80a4f80b817f9bf/ar0berts}, groups = {public}, interhash = {098ab64e138469fc1953b531195a951f}, intrahash = {4d0965206941cd52f80a4f80b817f9bf}, journal = {J Pediatr Orthop}, keywords = {Adolescent; Cerebra; Female; Humans; Male; Orthopedic Fixation Devices; Postoperative Complications; Scoliosis; Spine; l Palsy}, month = Mar, number = 1, pages = {87--96}, pmid = {7076839}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T17:38:11.000+0200}, title = {L-rod instrumentation for scoliosis in cerebral palsy.}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 2, year = 1982 }