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Fig. 5 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Fig. 5

From: How to rectify the convex coronal imbalance in patients with unstable dystrophic scoliosis secondary to type I neurofibromatosis: experience from a case series

Fig. 5

a 12-year-old boy with NF1 related thoracic kyphoscoliosis associated with CCI (thoracic type) (a, b). Halo gravity traction on wheelchair was prescribed for 1 month. Afterwards, posterior spinal correction and fusion surgery was performed (c, d), and the CCI improved from 4.7 cm to − 0.7 cm postoperatively (c, d). At 2-year-follow up, the CBD got further improvement to 0 cm (e, f)

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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