Alves A. A technique of correction and internal fixation for scoliosis. J Bone Joint Surg (Br

This report describes a technique for the correction and fusion of scoliosis with the aid of a flexible metal rod that is fixed by wires under tension to the bases of the spinous processes on the convex side of the curve at a number of points. The results in a series of 100 cases are reported. In the last seventy patients, the average correction at one month was 51 per cent, and after two years 45 per cent. In these seventy cases the incidence of pseudarthrosis was 5-7 per cent. Scoliosis continues to be one ofthe greatest problems in the field of orthopaedic therapeutics despite remarkable progress made in the last few decades. A landmark was the introduction oftechniques ofinternal instrumentatio