Case Report

THE RESULTS OF THE MARFAN SYNDROME PATIENT WITH SEVERE SCOLIOSIS TREATED WITH ANTERIOR RELEASE AND POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTATION AND FUSIONIN THE SAME SESSION

  • Alper KAYA
  • Berk GÜÇLÜ
  • Doğaç KARAGÜVEN
  • İ. Teoman BENLİ

J Turk Spinal Surg 2007;18(3):27-34

Marfan syndrome is a connective tissue di-sorder that have associated musculosceletal de-formities. Scoliosis, which is one of the most fre-quent spinal deformities, is important because of its rigidity, curve progression and correction loss after surgeıy more than idiopatic scoliosis. A 14 year old scoliotic patient with Marfan Syndrome who surgically treated with anterior release, pos-terior instrumentation and fusion at the same stage is presented and discussed her clinical and radiological results according to the literatu-re knowledge.

Keywords: Marfan syndrome, scoliosis, anterior release, posterior instrumentation.