Harbin, March 21 news (reporter Ma Junwei) Recently, the deputy director team of Zhao Wei, deputy director of the first ward of the Department of Orthopedics of the Qunli Branch of the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, successfully performed posterior scoliosis orthopedic surgery for a 15-year-old teenager with "razor's back" - idiopathic scoliosis. After the operation, the patient's height increased by nearly 5 cm, and the spinal deformity was well corrected.
Comparison of bones before and after surgery (Courtesy of the First Hospital of Harbin Medical University)
Half a year ago, the parents of Xiaosheng, a 15-year-old teenager, found that the child's shoulders were not equally high and the right back bulge was obvious, but they did not pay enough attention. In the past six months, the child's trunk deformity has been significantly aggravated, which has seriously affected the appearance of the image, and he came to the spinal deformity clinic of the Qunli Branch of the First Hospital of Harbin Medical University for treatment. After Professor Zhao Wei's detailed consultation and physical examination, the diagnosis was "idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents".
Comparison before and after surgery of 15-year-old teenagers (Courtesy of the First Hospital of Harbin Medical University)
Zhao Wei introduced that idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents is one of the most common deformities in the adolescent skeletal musculoskeletal system, and it is also the most common type of spinal deformity. The incidence is about 2-4%, when the curvature is > 30°, the proportion of male and female incidence is about 1:10, and untimely diagnosis and treatment will seriously affect the physical and mental health of the child. In the early stages of the disease, the progression of scoliosis can be detected and controlled in a timely manner by observing follow-up and brace treatment, while some children with large scoliosis angles require surgical orthopedic treatment. Xiaosheng is in the late stage of the second peak of growth and development, the angle of scoliosis is relatively large, without timely intervention, scoliosis deformity still has a progression rate of about 70%, and scoliosis surgery must be carried out as soon as possible.
Professor Wang Wenbo, the leader of the Department of Orthopedics of the First Hospital of Harbin Medical University, introduced that since February, the deputy director team of Zhao Wei of the First Ward of Orthopedics has used the advanced spine surgery treatment technology and concept in China to complete more than 10 cases of difficult surgery including atlantoaxial instability, upper cervical fracture dislocation, scoliosis and other spinal deformities, upper cervical spine and other difficult patients.