Luque rod fixation in meningomyelocele kyphosis: a preliminary report.

A preliminary report is given of four cases of kyphosis in the thoracolumbar and lumbar regions in paraplegic meningomyelocele patients treated by means of segmental spinal (Luque) rod fixation. The system, incorporating fixation at multiple levels and the principle of the three-point pressure system, appears highly effective in obtaining and maintaining correction in a deformity which has previously proven refractory in a high proportion of cases.