The team of orthopaedics applied the “Staged Posterior Correction” surgical technique to treat Complex Scoliosis with the big Cobb Angle of more than 100 degrees. The two-stage posterior-only approach not only improves the scoliosis but also is safer.
With no drawbacks of the traditional approach which requires opening chest and halo traction, the “Staged Posterior Correction” applying gradual correction has less impact on spinal nerves, improves the effects of correction and is safer during surgery.
The orthopaedics of Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital has treated more than 100 scoliosis cases since 2005, including different types of scoliosis. There are 30 cases of complex scoliosis. The mean correction rate is about 70%.
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