Neuromuscular scoliosis in patients with central nervous system pathologies

Abstract

Neuromuscular scoliosis is due to pathologies within the neuromuscular pathway. These pathologies result in early deformities, usually with ongoing rapid progress. Conservative treatment has only limited value in these individuals, and posterior instrumented surgical correction to the spine is the favored treatment concept for correction and avoidance of progression. Here, we illuminate the special treatment concepts for children with NMS due to pathologies of the central nervous system also with acloser look at new treatment modalities. Moreover, we describe two typical cases in detail.