Cotrel–Dubousset instrumentation

Introduced in 1984, Cotrel–Dubousset instrumentation is a treatment approach to scoliosis. Unlike Harrington rods, this treatment is more than just an osteodistraction mechanism and allows correction of some of the features of scolioisis untreatable by Harrington rods, such as rib hump[1][2].

References

  1. ^ P.J. Cundy (1990). "Cotrel–Dubousset instrumentation and vertebral rotation in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis". J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 72-B (4): 670–4. http://www.jbjs.org.uk/cgi/reprint/72-B/4/670.pdf. 
  2. ^ Norbert Boos, Lori A. Dolan, Stuart L. Weinstein, MD, Ph. D, MD (2007). "Long-Term Clinical and Radiographic Results of Cotreldubousset Instrumentation of Right Thoracic Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis". Iowa Orthopaedic Journal 27: 40–46. PMC 2150653. PMID 17907428. http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/orthopaedicsurgery/research/ioj/2007/boos.pdf.