Case 1:
MR. AAMIR RASHID, a 20-year-old male from Oman presented with traumatic paraplegia following a road traffic accident in early infancy and was wheelchair-bound. He had noticed spinal deformity and pelvic imbalance making it difficult for him to sit unsupported on the wheelchair. X-rays showed rigid left-sided Thoracolumbar Kyphoscoliosis measuring about 143° and fixed pelvic obliquity of about 45°. He underwent posterior multi-level spinal osteotomies, instrumented scoliosis correction and fusion T2-Ilium under multi-modal neuromonitoring guidance. He started wheelchair mobilization on the very next day of surgery and was discharged home. He was able to sit without any difficulty or support in his wheelchair and was able to move around without any assistance. His postoperative radiographs revealed that the pelvis was square and the Cobb angle had reduced to 34°. He underwent physiotherapy and rehabilitation and was planned to travel back to Oman 3 weeks after surgery. Visit Manipal, the spine hospital in Bangalore to create new success stories.
Case 2:
MS KHALOUD ABDALLAH, a 22-year-old female presented with a history of operating neural tube defect at the thoracolumbar junction at birth with residual weakness in both lower limbs and loss of bowel/bladder control. Her parents noticed progressive deformity of the back since then. X-rays of the whole spine showed neuromuscular thoracolumbar scoliosis measuring about 78° and kyphosis measuring about 75°. The MRI screening of the spine done by our spine specialist in Bangalore showed TYPE 1 diastematomyelia with a bony spur at the thoracolumbar region and Low lying cord with a dermoid tumour at the lumbosacral junction.
She underwent bony spur excision surgery at the thoracolumbar junction and untethering surgery at the lumbosacral junction. On the next day, she further underwent Posterior Scoliosis Correction and Instrumented fusion T2-S1 surgery successfully under multi-modal neuromonitoring guidance. Thoracolumbar scoliosis was reduced to 21° and kyphosis to 37°. She was able to sit without support and was started on mobilization with support. She too was discharged on the 2nd postoperative day and is undergoing physiotherapy and mobilization. She will be travelling back in 2-3 weeks after surgery.
