Pikey
20th June 2005, 10:08 PM
Just read another post on another site about a new OP or technique , sounds interesting .
"Doctors invent Spine staples to cure scoliosis in kids (Go To Top)
Washington: Scientists at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Centre claim to have developed a "spine staple", that can eliminate the need for thousands of invasive spine surgeries in children. Doctors claim that the spine staple to be implanted through a minimally invasive procedure into children who are at high risk of getting afflicted with scoliosis, will not only slow down the progression of the curvature with the child's growth, but compared to standard surgery involving the insertion of rods and a bone graft to fuse the spine will lead to less blood loss, pain and hospitalisation. "The spine staple re-directs growth of the spine - slowing growth on the outside of the curve so that the inside can catch up. Surgery will be minimally invasive, safe, relatively simple and at lower cost than current procedures. It will reduce pain and length of hospital stay. And, it will help surgeons, for whom current techniques are like building a ship in a bottle," Eric Wall, M.D., an orthopaedic surgeon at Cincinnati Children's and co-inventor of the staple was quoted as saying. Reports indicate that surgeons will make three or four, one-inch incisions on the side of the body, under the arm through which approximately six spine staples will be inserted through these "portals" and into the spine, across the growth plates, rendering the use of rods and spine fusion useless.
- Aug 12, 2004"
Found at
http://www.indiatraveltimes.com/science/sc...2004/aug04.html (http://www.indiatraveltimes.com/science/science2004/aug04.html)
Sounds quite interesting, I wonder if this method is being used yet or if anyone has heard of it.
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"Doctors invent Spine staples to cure scoliosis in kids (Go To Top)
Washington: Scientists at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Centre claim to have developed a "spine staple", that can eliminate the need for thousands of invasive spine surgeries in children. Doctors claim that the spine staple to be implanted through a minimally invasive procedure into children who are at high risk of getting afflicted with scoliosis, will not only slow down the progression of the curvature with the child's growth, but compared to standard surgery involving the insertion of rods and a bone graft to fuse the spine will lead to less blood loss, pain and hospitalisation. "The spine staple re-directs growth of the spine - slowing growth on the outside of the curve so that the inside can catch up. Surgery will be minimally invasive, safe, relatively simple and at lower cost than current procedures. It will reduce pain and length of hospital stay. And, it will help surgeons, for whom current techniques are like building a ship in a bottle," Eric Wall, M.D., an orthopaedic surgeon at Cincinnati Children's and co-inventor of the staple was quoted as saying. Reports indicate that surgeons will make three or four, one-inch incisions on the side of the body, under the arm through which approximately six spine staples will be inserted through these "portals" and into the spine, across the growth plates, rendering the use of rods and spine fusion useless.
- Aug 12, 2004"
Found at
http://www.indiatraveltimes.com/science/sc...2004/aug04.html (http://www.indiatraveltimes.com/science/science2004/aug04.html)
Sounds quite interesting, I wonder if this method is being used yet or if anyone has heard of it.
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