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Spinal deformity includes a broad range of pathologies and has an impact across the continuum of life, from early-onset scoliosis (EOS) in a young child to degenerative scoliosis with sagittal malalignment in the elderly. How these patients are managed clinically and surgically has advanced remarkably over recent decades, but the field remains in evolution. Surgical treatments are often complex, include techniques that are challenging, and continue to have relatively high complication rates. This issue of Neurosurgery Focus: Video provides 11 videos that illustrate a variety of spinal deformity treatment techniques and revision strategies.Three-column osteotomies are among the

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  • Video Illustrations of Techniques and Strategies for Adult and Pediatric Spinal Deformity SurgeryJustin S

  • Spinal deformity includes a broad range of pathologies and has an impact across the continuum of life, from early-onset scoliosis (EOS) in a young child to degenerative scoliosis with sagittal malalignment in the elderly

  • Two videos focus on these osteotomies, including the use of vertebral column resection (VCR) for severe kyphosis correction by Gupta and the use of a special hinged table for closure of pedicle subtraction osteotomies (PSOs) by Chang and colleagues

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Video Illustrations of Techniques and Strategies for Adult and Pediatric Spinal Deformity SurgeryJustin S. Introduction: Video Illustrations of Techniques and Strategies for Adult and Pediatric Spinal Deformity Surgery

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