Non-Idiopathic Spine Deformities in Young Children

Muharrem Yazici is Professor of Orthopaedics at the Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey. His clinical practice involves pediatric orthopaedics and spine problems. His interests focus on musculoskeletal problems of children, especially pediatric spinal deformities (neuromuscular and congenital), DDH, and Legg-Calve-Perthes disease.

• Growth: Normal and abnormal spine growth. Evaluation: Clinical evaluation.- Radiologic evaluation. Deformities: Congenital spine deformities.- Neuromuscular deformities: General considerations.- Cerebral palsy.- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Spinal Muscular Atrophy.- Other neuromuscular disorders with spinal deformity. Management: Casting, bracing and traction.- Indication for non-fusion techniques in non-idiopathic scoliosis.- Growth modulation techniques for non-idiopathic early onset scoliosis.- Instrumentation in the childhood spinal deformities: Challenges, problems, limitations and solutions.- Fusionless instrumentation for non-idiopathic spine deformities of young children: The Growing Rod Technique.- VEPTR instrumentation in early onset scoliosis.