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The authors describe a series of patients in whom they performed a singlestage, posterior reduction (\u201ceggshell\u201d) osteotomy procedure to improve sagittal contour by creating lordosis within a single vertebral body.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p content-type=\"fine-print\"><jats:italic>Methods.<\/jats:italic> From 1995 to 1997 the authors performed 12 osteotomy procedures in 11 patients with thoracolumbar or lumbar kyphosis. Seven patients presented with iatrogenic deformity, three with deformity secondary to traumatic injury, and one patient with ankylosing spondylitis. Their mean age at time of surgery was 46.6 years (range 23\u201378 years). All patients suffered from back pain and were unable to stand upright, but in only one patient were neurological findings demonstrated. The mean preoperative deformity was \u221226\u00b0 (range \u221290 to 0\u00b0). At 6-month follow-up examination the mean sagittal contour measured 17.5\u00b0 (range \u221217 to 44\u00b0), indicating that the mean surgical correction was 40.1\u00b0 (range 25 to 58\u00b0). All patients reported decreased back pain at follow up, and none required narcotic analgesic medication. Complications included a dense paresis that developed immediately postoperatively in a patient who was found to have residual dural compression, which was corrected by emergency decompressive surgery. One elderly patient suffered a perioperative cerebrovascular accident, and three patients suffered neurapraxia with transient muscle weakness of the quadriceps. There was one case of a dural tear. There were no deaths, and prolonged intensive care stays were not required.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p content-type=\"fine-print\"><jats:italic>Conclusions.<\/jats:italic> Single-level posterior reduction osteotomy provides excellent sagittal correction of kyphotic deformity in the lumbar region, with a risk of cauda equina and root and plexus compromise due to the extensive neural exposure.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3171\/spi.2000.92.1.0050","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,5,7]],"date-time":"2009-05-07T15:49:51Z","timestamp":1241711391000},"page":"50-56","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Surgical correction of lumbar kyphotic deformity: posterior reduction \u201ceggshell\u201d osteotomy"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"92","author":[{"given":"Olumide A.","family":"Danisa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dennis","family":"Turner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"William J.","family":"Richardson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"key":"b1","series-title":"J Bone Joint Surg (Br)","first-page":"226","article-title":"Technique, dangers, and safeguards in osteotomy of the spine.","volume":"34","author":"Adams","year":"1952"},{"key":"b2","series-title":"Spine","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"824","DOI":"10.1097\/00007632-198610000-00017","article-title":"Fusion to the sacrum for nonparalytic scoliosis in the adult.","volume":"11","author":"Balderston","year":"1986"},{"key":"b3","series-title":"Clin Orthop","first-page":"64","article-title":"Current concepts and management of patients with fixed decompensated spinal deformity.","volume":"306","author":"Bradford","year":"1994"},{"key":"b4","series-title":"Clin Orthop","first-page":"157","article-title":"Corrective osteotomy of the spine in ankylosing spondylitis. 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