Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Treatment of stiff thoracic scoliosis by thoracoscopic anterior release combined with posterior instrumentation and fusion | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research BioMed Central Research article Treatment of stiff thoracic scoliosis by thoracoscopic anterior release combined with posterior instrumentation and fusion Kenneth MC Cheung 1 Jing-ping Wu2 Qing-he Cheng3 Bonnie SC Ma1 Ji-chang Gao3 and Keith DK Luk1 Open Access Address Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology Queen Mary Hospital The University of Hong Kong 102 Pokfulam Road Hong Kong China 2Department of Orthopaedics Jinshan Hospital Fudan University Shanghai China and 3The 211th Hospital of PLA Harbin China Email Kenneth MC Cheung - cheungmc@ Jing-ping Wu - wu_j_p@ Qing-he Cheng - cqh211@ Bonnie SC Ma - Ji-chang Gao - bingyu651226@ Keith DK Luk - hrmoldk@ Corresponding author Published 15 October 2007 Received 23 January 2007 Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2007 2 16 doi l749-799X-2-l 6 Accepted I5 October 2007 This article is available from http content 2 l l6 2007 Cheung et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Thoracoscopic anterior release has been shown that it can effectively improve spinal flexibility in animal and human cadaveric studies and has been advocated for use in patients with scoliosis. This prospective case series aims to investigate the improvement of the spinal flexibility and the effectiveness in deformity correction by anterior thoracoscopic release and posterior spinal fusion. Methods Eleven patients with stiff idiopathic thoracic scoliosis underwent anterior thoracoscopic release followed by posterior instrumentation. The average number of discs excised was five. Spinal flexibility was assessed by the fulcrum bending .
