Affiliation:
1. MS (General Surgery), MS (Plastic Surgery), Medical Director & Plastic Surgeon, ASRAM Medical College & Hospital, Eluru, W.G. District, PIN Code: 534005, Andhra Pradesh, India
Abstract
Congenital muscular Torticollis is a rare musculoskeletal disorder characterized by unilateral shortening
of the Sternocleidomastoid muscle. Producing deformity of the neck with exion of the neck towards the
same side and the chin facing the opposite shoulder. We treated six cases, and of which ve are due to congenital Sternomastoid
shortening (unilateral) and another case with fusion of cervical vertebrae causing Torticollis and Klippel Feil Syndrome with cleft
of the soft palate which was also repaired.
Subject
Materials Chemistry,Metals and Alloys,Surfaces, Coatings and Films,Surfaces and Interfaces,Condensed Matter Physics,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials,General Chemistry,Surfaces, Coatings and Films,Surfaces and Interfaces,Condensed Matter Physics,General Engineering,Materials Chemistry,Surfaces, Coatings and Films,Process Chemistry and Technology,Instrumentation,Surfaces, Coatings and Films,General Physics and Astronomy,Condensed Matter Physics,Surfaces and Interfaces,General Chemistry,Surgery,Surgery,Surgery,Surgery,General Medicine,Surgery
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