METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ELIMINATING KYPHOTIC DEFORMITY OF THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: medicine; medical engineering. SUBSTANCE: method involves carrying out transpedicular fixation of vertebrae adjacent to a vertebra being at the top of kyphotic deformity using a device for eliminating kyphotic deformity of the vertebral column having two blocks movably connected to each other and manufactured from plates with holes connected to each other. Wood screw rods are fixed in them. Each block has two plates. The blocks are movably connected to each other by means of two threaded rods and a pair of wood screw rods of the same block is connected to a pair of wood screw rods of the other block by means of threaded draw bar and articulation units. Controlled rotation of adjacent vertebrae is carried out relative to the point located outside of power nucleus after Steffe to eliminate deformity and fixing them in the achieved position. EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness of treatment; reduced correction tempo between the plates; unchanged vertebral column correction tempo. 3 cl, 5 dwg