Galveston technique in treatment of paralytic spine deformities

The author's present their own experiences with the Galveston technique in treatment of paralytic spine deformities. Nineteen patients (6 boys and 13 girls) were treated (between 1996 and 2002) at the Swiebodzin Spine Centre and the Special Spine Surgery Unit in Poznan. All patients were unable to sit straight without external support, due to neurologic muscle weakness and pelvic obliquity. Surgical treatment lead to a marked improvement of the spinal deformity and also allowed the patients to sit-straight, without need of any support.