Medical Korea | World's first osteotomy for backbone deformity

Medical Korea | World's first osteotomy for backbone deformity

Medical Korea
The correction of extreme sagittal deformity
-World first osteotomy for backbone deformity patient-

Kyung Hee College Worldwide Medical Service

A affected person acquired a brand new life after a number of main operations of his backbone. A 48- year- outdated affected person visited Kyung Hee College Inside Medical service heart with chin on chest deformity, extreme thoracolumbar kyphosis and ankylosis of each hip joints. He was unattainable to lively every day dwelling as a consequence of extreme kyphosis, and his oral hygiene was very poor due to chin on chest deformity. Even wanting straight forward was an unattainable dream for him over 15 years earlier than the operations.
The operations have been performed by Professor Kim Ki-tack, M.D. with different orthopedic surgical procedure division employees in Kyung Hee College Worldwide Medical Service. The Kyphosis in his backbone was over 165 diploma and his backbone deformity mounted after a number of operations over 7 months. He walked out of the hospital door with having the ability to be susceptible place, having a meal in sitting place, and searching straight forward.
All operations have been performed below bronchoscopic intubaton. As he was not capable of be susceptible place, each hip resection arthroplasty was performed first, after which cervical pedicle subtraction osteotomy was carried out in sitting place three weeks later. After these operations, susceptible place grew to become potential, so the medical employees might conduct posterior thoracolumbar osteotomy. About 2 weeks after cervical osteotomy, thoracic posterior vertebral column resection and lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomy have been carried out. three weeks later, he was underwent each hip conversion whole hip arthroplasty. All operations have been planed subsequently. After 6 months of observe up, he was capable of look straight forward with impartial ambulation. With a systemic planning of strategic operations, profitable correction will be completed with out main complication.
The extra surgical procedures was vital equivalent to Latissimus dorsi muscle flap and proper hip revision arthroplasty due to stress sore on his again and recurrent dislocation.
This extreme backbone deformity has by no means been reported "cured", and all the operations together with extra surgical procedures, which he had been performed, require a excessive stage of medical experience. Professor Kim and his staff have been all extremely expert surgeons with loads of expertise in backbone deformity and osteotomy. This case was reported as the primary profitable correction of extreme sagittal deformity on this planet.
This case shall be revealed in famend worldwide medical journals together with "SPINE".

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