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[Surgical treatment of idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents by the Harrington method].
R Basile Júnior, C L Bonetti, A Fazzi, Tarcísio Eloy Pessoa de Barros Filho
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Abstract
Forty six patients with idiopathic scoliosis were treated according the Harrington method. The surgical treatment was done with the Harrington distraction rod, and vertebral arthrodesis with autogenous iliac bone graft. The patients wore a Risser-Cotrel body-cast for nine months but started walking two days after casting. Good clinical results were obtained in all the patients. Final curve correction was 40%. In this series of patients no pseudoarthrosis occurred.