CASE REPORT article
Front. Surg.
Sec. Orthopedic Surgery
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2025.1559346
This article is part of the Research TopicAdvances and New Perspectives in Management of Adult Spine Deformities of different AetiologyView all 6 articles
Spine surgery and complication in Familial Dysautonomia: a case report
Provisionally accepted
- Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute (IRCCS), Bologna, Italy
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Familial dysautonomia (FD) is an inherited severe congenital disease, it's a rare syndrome associated with neuronal degeneration progression throughout life. Among the orthopaedic conditions, FD patients have an higher incidence of kyphoscoliosis and osteomyelitis.Since FD it's a rare syndrome and these patients have multiple comorbidities, guidelines on the management of vertebral pathologies associated with FD are not available. Hence the importance of sharing the case of this patient.The purpose of our paper is to report the experience of a 45-year-old patient suffering from FD and treated several times with spinal surgery at our clinic, to provide possible indications for the most effective management of this rare condition.
Keywords: dysautonomia, rare disease, Spine surgery adverse events, Spine surgery, Spine - pathology
Received: 12 Jan 2025; Accepted: 22 May 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Ciani, Fava, Ghermandi, Cini, Maccaferri and Gasbarrini. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Bruna Maccaferri, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute (IRCCS), Bologna, Italy
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