Preventing the crankshaft phenomenon by combining anterior fusion with posterior instrumentation. Does it work?
In skeletally immature children (open triradiate cartilage and Risser O) with idiopathic scoliosis, the addition of anterior spinal fusion to posterior instrumentation and fusion is helpful in preventing the crankshaft phenomenon.
Ocular blood flow alterations in glaucoma patients seem, at least partly, to be related to a systemic vascular dysregulation.