Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Recently published data indicated advanced age and cervical sagittal imbalance were preoperative risk factors ...

Kyphosis represents an abnormal curvature of the upper spinal region that often leads to slouching in childhood and can worsen with age, especially during the pubertal growth spurt. Specific treatment ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In 1921, Danish radiologist Holger Werfel Scheuermann described the characteristic rigid kyphotic deformity that ...

Kyphosis (hunchback) or kyphotic deformity refers to an abnormal spinal curvature with rounding of the upper back, which commonly occurs in older people. A common risk factor for the development of ...

Kyphosis is a term used to describe marked curvature of the spine in the sagittal plane that results in an abnormally rounded back. A certain degree of kyphosis is normally present at the thoracic and ...

Hyper-kyphosis, a severe version of kyphosis — an excessive curvature of the thoracic spine commonly observed in senior adults — presents a significant challenge to many seniors. As many of my ...

Doctors at the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC) have successfully operated on a 21-month-old boy suffering from kyphosis or spinal cord deformity. kyphotic deformity is excessive outside curvature ...

New Delhi, Oct 9 (PTI) A boy, aged just one year and nine months, suffering from a spinal deformity along with tuberculosis, underwent a four-hour long successful surgery at a private hospital here.

In adolescents, extreme thoracic kyphosis is most often secondary to Scheuermann’s disease. With an incidence of 1–8%, tumours are nearly equally distributed between boys and girls. This entity was ...