Catharina Löhnert Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Hemivertebra, Cervical spine
Department of Neurosurgery, Wedau Kliniken Duisburg, Germany
Catharina Löhnert received her specialty in neurosurgery from Department of Neurology and Psychiatry in the Division of Neurosurgery–University of Wedau Kliniken Duisburg, Germany, she is also intrested in the feilds like Hemivertebra; Cervical spine from Wedau Kliniken Duisburg, Germany
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Author(s): Catharina Löhnert, Athanasios K. Petridis, Homajoun Maslehaty and Martin Scholz
Clinical Implications of the Rare Anomaly of a Cervical Hemivertebra over a Period of 30 Year
The Occurrences of cervical hemivertebrae are described very infrequently in the literature and are usually diagnosed in the childhood. Commonly they occur in the lumbar and thoracic spine with associated congenital scoliosis. Concerning cervical hemivertebrae just few cases are reported, in which the children were treated by excision of the hemivertebra and fusion of the affected spine level.
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