PMID- 11200040
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20010215
LR  - 20041117
IS  - 0300-5283 (Print)
IS  - 0300-5283 (Linking)
VI  - 55 Suppl C
DP  - 2000 Sep
TI  - HUKM instrumentation system in surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic 
      scoliosis--an early experience.
PG  - 2-8
AB  - Between May 1992 through October 1998, twenty-two patients who had adolescent 
      idiopathic scoliosis were treated using Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) 
      spinal instrumentation and fusion. The minimum length of follow-up was 2 years 
      with an average of 2.9 years. Nineteen patients were female and three patients 
      were male. The mean age at the time of the operation was 16.2 years (range, 13 to 
      24 years). The average blood loss was 1,878 ml and the average operating time was 
      291 minutes. The mean pre-operative curve was 61.2 degrees, with a range of 40 
      degrees to 90 degrees. The average post-operative correction of the Cobb's angle 
      was 53.5 per cent, with a range of 33 per cent to 81 per cent. Post-operative 
      immobilization consisted of a maximum of six months in a body cast. There were no 
      neurological injuries, no deep wound infections, and no evidence of 
      pseudoarthroses. Only three complications occurred and these did not disturb the 
      progress of the fusion. This technique safely achieves the objectives of 
      scoliosis correction, and is cost-effective in the treatment of adolescent 
      idiopathic scoliosis.
FAU - Razak, M A
AU  - Razak MA
AD  - Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan 
      Malaysia, Jalan Tenteram, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur.
FAU - Fazir, M
AU  - Fazir M
FAU - Ibrahim, S
AU  - Ibrahim S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Malaysia
TA  - Med J Malaysia
JT  - The Medical journal of Malaysia
JID - 0361547
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Equipment Failure
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - *Orthopedic Fixation Devices/adverse effects
MH  - Scoliosis/*surgery
MH  - Treatment Outcome
EDAT- 2001/02/24 12:00
MHDA- 2001/03/03 10:01
CRDT- 2001/02/24 12:00
PHST- 2001/02/24 12:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/03/03 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2001/02/24 12:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Med J Malaysia. 2000 Sep;55 Suppl C:2-8.