Results of Surgical Treatment of Muscular Torticollis for Patients >6 Years of Age
- 1 November 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
- Vol. 10 (6) , 754-759
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01241398-199011000-00009
Abstract
From 1983–1989, 37 patients with muscular torticollis were treated surgically by partial resection of the distal portion of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Of these, 19 patients who at surgery were >6 years of age (average 11 years 2 months) were followed for >1 year (average 2 years 2 months). Although both function and cosmesis were improved in all cases, scoliosis was a residual deformity in some cases, especially in girls.Keywords
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