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A Possible Therapeutic Approach

A. Jay Block, MD; Jack Wexler, MD; Edmond J. McDonnell, MD

JAMA. 1970;212(9):1520-1522.

Abstract
In a middle-aged man with cardiopulmonary failure secondary to severe kyphoscoliosis, skeletal traction produced improvement by roentgenographic, functional, and clinical criteria. Although an attempt to perpetuate this improvement by surgical spine correction was unsuccessful, it is thought that these therapeutic maneuvers should be attempted again in the absence of other definitive therapy.

Author Affiliations
From the departments of medicine (Drs. Block and Wexler) and orthopedics (Dr. McDonnell), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore 21205 (Dr. Block).

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