Congenital Muscular Torticollis
Conditions
Brief summary
The congenital muscular torticollis is common disease in children.The indication for surgery is the children have persist deformity after 1 year old.Many surgical treatment had proposed such as unipolar release and bipolar release.By author experience the bipolar release had better results from complete cut the muscle both origin and insertion.This study wants to study the results of treatment in term of recurrence of the deformity.
Detailed description
the study perform in children with congenital muscular torticollis
Interventions
PROCEDUREbipolar release
the bipolar release is the surgery that cut the origin and insertion of the sternocleidomastoid muscle that cause the torticollis from its contracture
Sponsors
Mahidol University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
only 1 group in children who received the bipolar release
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
5 Years to 15 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* 1\. all children age ranged from 5-15 years old who received the surgical treatment by bipolar release in the hospital.
Exclusion criteria
* 1\. no history of surgery at the neck 2. no history of congenital anomalies and syndrome that effect the neck
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ImageJ scoring system | no torticollis after 1 year of surgery | measurement from pictures of head and face compared to normal children score 1-3 in 5 measurement in total score of 15 as interval scale score has 4 grade 13-15 is excellent results score 10-12 good result 7-9 fair less than 6 score is poor result after surgery |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Primary ContactProf.Dr.Kamolporn Kaewpornsawan, MD
Outcome results
None listed