Læknablaðið - 01.04.1971, Qupperneq 64

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LÆKNABLAÐIÐ
verið teknir úr hrygg þeirra, og þau tvö tilí'elli, sem hér er lýst.
Er allur hópurinn aðeins 13 manns, cnda árangur aðgerðanna
ckki uppörvandi. Ef til vill væri betur hægt að halda liryggj-
unum í skorðum með aðferð Harringtons,23 sem hann sagði frá
1962. En líklegust til árangurs sýnist mér aðferð Hodgson, sem
hann liefur raunar notað við berkla í hrygg i allmörg ár, að
nema burtu liðbolinn, en fella rifjabúta í geilina. Og vist má
ekki örvænta um, að einhvern tíma verði unnt að hjálpa sjúkling-
um al' þessu tagi, þó bögulega liafi tekizt til fram að þessu.
SUMMARY
A report of two cases of scoliosis caused by hemivertebrae treated by
operation.
The first case was an eleven year old girl with thoracic hemivertebra
causing an acute angulation of the spine complicated by paraplegia. The
hemivertebra was removed in 1957 and she recovered from the paralysis.
Now thirteen years later the patient has no spinal cord involvement, the
purvature, however, remains essentially unchanged.
The second case was a six year old girl with two hemivertebrae,
one in the thoracic region and the second at the dorso lumbar junction,
both on the right side, causing a severe kypho-scoliosis. Both hemivertebrae
were removed in 1958. Now, twelve years later, the curvature has in-
creased and she has a severe deformity.
HEIMILDIR
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