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ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Acute Progressive Pediatric Post-Traumatic Kyphotic Deformity.

Petr Vachata, Jan Lodin, Martin Bolcha, Štepánka Brušáková, Martin Sameš

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Article in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Petr VachataDepartment of Neurosurgery, J. E. Purkyně University, Masaryk Hospital, 401 13 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
Jan LodinDepartment of Neurosurgery, J. E. Purkyně University, Masaryk Hospital, 401 13 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
Martin BolchaDepartment of Neurosurgery, J. E. Purkyně University, Masaryk Hospital, 401 13 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
Štepánka BrušákováDepartment of Neurology, Masaryk Hospital, 401 13 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
Martin SamešDepartment of Neurosurgery, J. E. Purkyně University, Masaryk Hospital, 401 13 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
Charles University · CZJan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem · CZMasaryk University · CZ

Funding

the Internal Grant Agency of the Krajská zdravotní, Czech Republic grant no. IGA-KZ-2020-1-6 (217111026)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cervical kyphosis is a rare entity with challenging management due to the limitations of pediatric age, along with a growing spine. The pathogenesis is made up of a large group of congenital, syndromic and acquired deformities after posterior element deterioration or as a result of previous trauma or surgery. In rare progressive cases, kyphotic deformities may result in severe "chin-on-chest" deformities with severe limitations. The pathogenesis of progression to severe kyphotic deformity after minor hyperflexion trauma is not clear without an obvious MR pathology; it is most likely multifactorial. The authors present the case of a six-month progression of a pediatric cervical kyphotic deformity caused by a cervical spine hyperflexion injury, and an MR evaluation without the pathology of disc or major ligaments. Surgical therapy with a posterior fixation and fusion, together with the preservation of the anterior growing zones of the cervical spine, are potentially beneficial strategies to achieve an excellent curve correction and an optimal long-term clinical outcome in this age group.

Indexed as

cervical spinechin-on-chest deformitydeformitykyphosispediatrictrauma

Identifiers

PMID37371164
PMCPMC10297008
OpenAlexW4378470707

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