Revue de chirurgie orthopédique et réparatrice de l'appareil moteur
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Rev Chir Orthop Reparatrice Appar Mot · May 1998
[Surgery of the spine in Duchenne's muscular dystrophy].
The authors present a retrospective review of 27 patients presenting a Duchenne muscular dystrophy and who were operated for spinal deformity, with special reference to functional result and postoperative evolution of vital capacity. ⋯ Spinal surgery in Duchenne muscular dystrophy has a low morbidity. It allows to keep sitting position to the child and to preserve quality of life. Surgery should be considered as soon as frontal or sagittal collapse of the spine is observed. However surgery does not result in respiratory improvement nor in life duration lengthening.