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Case Study: Correction of Chin-to-Chest Deformity

Patient in their early 60s suffering from a progressive musculoskeletal disorder with chin-on-chest deformity and severe kyphosis at C2-T2 and degenerative disc disease with disc herniations and severe spinal cord compression at C3-C7.

Patient has been unable to eat and/or ambulate due to the fact that their chin has been fixed to their anterior chest.

The patient underwent a three-stage surgery that included a posterior C2 to T1 laminectomy, facetectomy and foraminotomy, followed by a C4-C7 anterior cervical discectomy, followed in the last stage by a posterior instrumentation and fusion from C2 to T2.

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