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World J Clin Cases. Jun 16, 2024; 12(17): 3123-3129
Published online Jun 16, 2024. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i17.3123
Percutaneous kyphoplasty in the treatment of Kümmell disease in lumbar scoliosis: A case report
Saijilafu, Jia-Wen Zhou, Gen-Lin Wang, Ke-Hong Sun, Ji-Le Xie
Saijilafu, Ke-Hong Sun, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hangzhou Lin’an Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Affiliated Hospital, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou 311300, Zhejiang Province, China
Jia-Wen Zhou, Gen-Lin Wang, Ji-Le Xie, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, Jiangsu Province, China
Co-first authors: Saijilafu and Jia-Wen Zhou.
Author contributions: Saijilafu and Zhou JW contributed equally to this work; Saijilafu and Zhou JW contributed to manuscript writing, editing and data collection; Wang GL and Sun KH contributed to data analysis; Xie JL contributed to conceptualization and supervision. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Supported by The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program of Jiangsu Province, No. (2015)-159.
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Corresponding author: Ji-Le Xie, MD, PhD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No. 899 Pinghai Road, Suzhou 215006, Jiangsu Province, China. Jilexie@126.com
Received: December 25, 2023
Revised: March 17, 2024
Accepted: April 19, 2024
Published online: June 16, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: We reported a case of severe lumbar scoliosis combined with vertebral fracture nonunion with extremely high surgical risks due to severe vertebral deformity. We performed O-arm-guided kyphoplasty on the patient and achieved good results. This paper describes some of the experiences and techniques in performing Kyphoplasty for such patients.