Most Reliable Time in Predicting Residual Kyphosis and Stability: Pediatric Spinal Tuberculosis.

Conclusions: It could tentatively be possible to predict the deformity progress or non-progress and spontaneous correction at the time of initial treatment, but it predictive accuracy was low. Therefore, assessment of the trend of kyphotic change is recommended at the end of chemotherapy. In children with progressive curve change, the deformity assessment should be continued till the maturity. PMID: 30322249 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Asian Spine Journal - October 17, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Asian Spine J Source Type: research