Posterior Spinal Correction and Fusion Surgery in Patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy-Associated Scoliosis for Whom Treatment with Nusinersen Was Planned

Posterior Spinal Correction and Fusion Surgery in Patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy-Associated Scoliosis for Whom Treatment with Nusinersen Was Planned

Introduction: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is defined as a neuromuscular disorder induced by progressive weakness of the skeletal muscle and is usually accompanied by progressive spinal deformity including scoliosis. The newly developed Nusinersen, which is the first approved drug worldwide for SMA...

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Main Authors: Shuhei Machida, Masayuki Miyagi, Wataru Saito, Ayano Matsui, Takayuki Imura, Gen Inoue, Toshiyuki Nakazawa, Eiki Shirasawa, Shinsuke Ikeda, Ayumu Kawakubo, Akiyoshi Kuroda, Yuji Yokozeki, Yusuke Mimura, Kentaro Uchida, Tsutomu Akazawa, Masashi Takaso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research 2021-03-01
Series:Spine Surgery and Related Research
Subjects:
neuromuscular scoliosis
spinal muscular atrophy
nusinersen
Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ssrr/5/2/5_2020-0091/_pdf/-char/en

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