Doctors from Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai corrects Spinal Deformity in a 4 year old using 3D print technology

Gleneagles Global Health City, the largest facility of Gleneagles Global Hospitals, successfully performed spinal deformity correction surgery using 3D technology on a 4-year-old girl from Sri Lanka. The child was suffering from congenital scoliosis which is progressive in nature. 24th May 2019, Chennai: Congenital scoliosis is an abnormal curvature in the spinal column caused by defective segmentation or formation of vertebrae or both. The affected children will develop abnormal curves in the spinal column as they grow and if the curves are severe it has to be addressed. The severely deformed spine at the dorsal level will also alter the shape of the chest cavity and prevent the lung from developing normally. Congenital scoliosis occurs in only 1 in 10,000 newborns and is much less common than idiopathic scoliosis, which usually becomes evident at a young age. The child was brought to the hospital by her parents with breathing problems, recurrent episodes of chest in...