Abstract
✓ In a follow-up of 80 lumbar subarachnoid shunts for hydrocephalus, scoliosis with limitation of back flexion was found to have developed in approximately 50% of the surviving children, some of whom showed a disparity in the length and size of their legs. There was no correlation between the direction of the convexity of the scoliosis and the side of the shortened leg, or between the number of shunt revisions and the ultimate development of kyphoscoliosis, or between removal of laminae and the subsequent development of scoliosis. Three case histories are presented to illustrate the still unproven but possible relationship between arachnoiditis due to polyethylene tubes and the ensuing scoliosis. Removal of the lumbar shunts, decompression, and laminectomy seemed to have no beneficial effect in the reversal of the scoliosis in any of the cases reviewed.
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