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Short segment posterior locking cervical plate fixation after kyphectomy for myelomeningocoele-associated kyphosis.

Laing AJ, Walsh A, O'Grady P, Nelligan M, McCormack D

Childrens University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin, Ireland. alanlaing@eircom.net

We report the use of posterior cervical locking plate fixation after apical vertebral excision for congenital lumbar kyphosis in a 3-year-old male myelomeningocoele patient. At 4-year follow-up the fixation was secure and the correction was well preserved.

Published 16 June 2006 in J Spinal Disord Tech, 19(4): 292-4.
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