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KMID : 0361619740090040456
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Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1974 Volume.9 No. 4 p.456 ~ p.460
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Use of Harrington Compression Rod
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Abstract
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It depends on orthopedist´s opinion whether to use Harrington compression rod for correction of scoliosis with Hazrington distraction rod, for example, Dr. Harrington and Hall rocommend it, but Dr. Moe and Goldstein do not use it routinely for simple scoliosis curve.
The disadvantage of use of compression rod is first of all prologation of operation time without addition of significant correction of scoliosis.
Recently the author used Hazrington compression rod for a case of congenital kyphoscoliosis and anterior Tll-T,z fracture-dislocation respectively. The result was remarkable correction of kyphotic curve from 73 to 43 and scoliosic curve from 54 to 19. In the spinal fracture-dislocation case it was felt that the dislocation site was adequately stabilized by bilateral Harrington compression rods which were inserted in the transverse processes of T10 to L2. The purpose of this paper is to alert orthopedist that Harrington compression rod is useful of kyphoscoliosis correction and stabilization of a certain spinal fraCEure-dislocation.
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