https://www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org/st-louis/news-and-events/lily-stands-tall-after-spinal-fusion–243 https://www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org/st-louis/halo-traction Earlier this spring I put up three blog posts on Halo-Gravity Traction. I will briefly re-present it here as a way to launch into the two other types of traction we utilize: Intraoperative Halo-Femoral Traction and Internal “Dis-traction” Technique. What is halo-gravity traction? As you see from the three young patients above, […]
Month: September 2020
Spine Traction in Scoliosis
Question: My child’s spine doctor says they want to use “traction” on my child’s spine. This sounds scary. What is it? Is this something new? I have never heard of it. Answer: Spine traction to correct spinal deformity is not a new concept; in fact, the first applications were reported in ancient Hindu mythological epics […]
Spine Osteotomies
So your surgeon want to “cut” your spine….that just doesn’t sound good, does it? Well what are they talking about “cutting” the bone of your spine? To surgeons it is call an “osteotomy” which, if you break the word down to its latin roots, means bone (for “osteo”) and cutting part of the body (for […]