Türk Nöroşirürji Dergisi 2013 , Vol 23 , Num - Ek
General Approach to Spine Deformities
Mehmet Reşid ÖNEN, Sait NADERİ
Ümraniye Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesi, Nöroşirürji Kliniği, İstanbul, Türkiye Malalignement of spine can be defined as spine deformity. Spinal deformities may be secondary to a variety of causes including congenital anomalies, neurpmuscular disorders, skeletal displasies, and some other developmental disorders. Pediatric spine deformities may be accompanied by neural and systemic organ pathologies. Therefore, diagnosis, treatment and followup strategies may change. Patient age and type for deformity is of importance. Besides of standards for diagnosis and treatment of spine deformities, many classification systems were defined for standardization.

Currently spine deformity is diagnosed using scoliosis graphy, CT and MRI. Scoliosis is corrected and instrumented under neuromonitoring. In this study, general approach to the spine deformities is summarized. Anahtar Kelimeler : Deformity, Scoliosis, Spinal deformity