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Table 1 Summary of surgical strategies

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

Surgical strategies

Thoracic (4)

Thoracolumbar/lumbar (11)

PSF

1

8

Skull-Femoral Traction + PSF

1

0

Halo Gravity Traction + PSF

1

0

PSF + ASF

0

2

Halo Gravity Traction + PSF + ASF

1

0

Anterior release + Skull-Femoral Traction + PSF

0

1

Ratio of traction (%)

75%

9.1%

Ratio of combined approach (%)

25%

27.3%

  1. PSF posterior spinal fusion, ASF anterior supplemental fusion