New lease of life for boy with spine deformity

Delhi | Tuesday | 10th October, 2017

Summary:

kyphotic deformity is excessive outside curvature of the spine which causes hunching of the back. more-inDoctors at the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC) have successfully operated on a 21-month-old boy suffering from kyphosis or spinal cord deformity. Abnormal curvature is known as kyphotic deformity. “Considering the age of the child, performing a surgery for deformity correction was highly challenging for the team. In this case, the boy had a curvature of 110 degrees against the normal curvature of 40 to 45 degrees..