Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Study supports costoplasty for rib hump deformity correction

(HealthDay)—In the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, the addition of costoplasty to pedicle screws and vertebral derotation may significantly improve correction of the rib hump deformity compared with pedicle ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Pedicle breach rate 6.2 percent with 2D fluoroscopy

(HealthDay) -- A two-dimensional (2D) fluoroscopic technique is safe for percutaneous placement of pedicle screws during transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF), with a pedicle breach rate of 6.2 percent, according ...