Surgical correction of a rigid sagittal and coronal plane cervical-thoracic deformity
Daniel Faraj, Emily Melissa Drennan, Michael Galgano · 2026
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Description
Daniel Faraj, Emily Melissa Drennan, and Michael Galgano present a 2026 case report on fixing a stiff, badly bent neck-and-chest spine. Such bends block level gaze and cut quality of life. In this patient, an earlier neck surgery had sunk its cages, and the spine fused in a crooked pose. Back-only surgery often can not free a bend this severe in two planes at once.
The surgeons worked in two stages. First, from the front, they freed the neck, removed the sunk cages, and rebuilt the column. Then, from the back, they fused a long span and cut bone at several points to set the final line. The staged plan reached a fix that a single approach could not. The case gives spine teams a route for the worst rigid bends.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Daniel Faraj, Emily Melissa Drennan, Michael Galgano |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |