Surgical and long-term functional outcomes of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy following spinal deformity correction

Figure 1 A patient aged 13 years and 11 months. A and B: With a thoracolumbar collapsing kyphoscoliosis and associated pelvic obliquity; C and D: He underwent a posterior spinal fusion extending from T3-L4 which achieved a balanced spine in the coronal and sagittal planes with good correction of the spinal and pelvic misalignment.

Figure 2 A patient aged 13 years and 10 months. A and B: With a thoracolumbar collapsing kyphoscoliosis and severe associated pelvic obliquity which was rigid on supine traction; C and D: A posterior spinal fusion extending from T3 to the sacrum with pelvic fixation of the rods achieved good correction of the spino-pelvic imbalance in the coronal and sagittal planes.