Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2013, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (17): 3174-3183.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2013.17.018

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Development and current situation of non-fusion surgery for the treatment of scoliosis in children

He Yao1, Li Kai2, Zhao Sheng2, Li Peng-cui3, Wei Xiao-chun2   

  1. 1 Second Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan  030001, Shanxi Province, China
    2 Department of Orthopedics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan  030001, Shanxi Province, China
    3 Shanxi Key Laboratory of Bone and Soft Tissue Healing, Second Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan  030001, Shanxi Province, China
  • Received:2012-11-13 Revised:2012-12-13 Online:2013-04-23 Published:2013-04-23
  • Contact: Wei Xiao-chun, Professor, Doctoral supervisor, Department of Orthopedics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China weixiaochun06@yahoo.com.cn

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Treatment of scoliosis in children is a challenging in spinal surgery. To date, there is no satisfactory surgical method for the treatment of scoliosis in children.
OBJECTIVE: To review the development and current situation of the non-fusion surgery for the treatment of children with scoliosis, to analyze the pros and cons of various methods and to prospect the future.
METHODS: The PubMed database and CNKI database from 2001 to 2012 were retrieved by computer with the key words of “scoliosis, infantile scoliosis, juvenile scoliosis, fusionless surgery, spinal implant” in English and Chinese. A total of 113 literatures were screened out, and then the repetitive and irrelevant researches were eliminated, then 36 literatures were included for the final review. 
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: To date, among the main methods of scoliosis surgery, lengthening technology can guarantee the growth of the spine, but subsequent lengthening surgery was needed; growth guiding technology could avoid subsequent lengthening surgery, but the growth of spine could not be guaranteed and could not correct the rotational deformity of spine; growth regulating technology could correct deformity, but the capacity of serious spinal deformity was indeterminacy; animal experiment of automatic growth three-dimensional orthopaedic technology has demonstrated that it could guarantee the growth of the spine, and could correct the deformity at the same time without subsequent lengthening surgery. Theoretically, automatic growth three-dimensional orthopaedic technology is the perfect solution for children scoliosis, but it still needs clinical checking.

Key words: bone and joint implants, review of bone and joint, scoliosis, children scoliosis, juvenile scoliosis, non-fusion surgery, spinal implant, growth rod system, longitudinally extending titanium rib prosthesis, growth guiding technology, growth regulating technology, growth three-dimensional orthopaedic technology, National Natural Science Foundation

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