Surgical Treatment of Scoliosis-Associated with Syringomyelia: The Role of Syrinx Size

Conclusions: Prophylactic neurosurgery may be beneficial for decreasing the risk of correction surgery in SMS patients with large syrinx (S/C ratio >0.7). After the intervention of syrinx prior to scoliosis correction, SMS patients with large syrinx could obtain similar clinical and radiographic outcomes of treatment with pedicle-screw-based spinal instrumentation and fusion compared to the patients with small syrinx.

Source: Neurology India - May 14, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Ce Zhu Siqing Huang Yueming Song Hao Liu Limin Liu Xi Yang Chunguang Zhou Bowen Hu Haifeng Chen Source Type: research