Minamitani K, Inoue A, Okuno T
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kurume University, Japan.
J Pediatr Orthop. 1990 Nov-Dec;10(6):754-9. doi: 10.1097/01241398-199011000-00009.
From 1983-1989, 37 patients with muscular torticollis were treated surgically by partial resection of the distal portion of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Of these, 19 patients who at surgery were greater than 6 years of age (average 11 years 2 months) were followed for greater than 1 year (average 2 years 2 months). Although both function and cosmesis were improved in all cases, scoliosis was a residual deformity in some cases, especially in girls.