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Revolution in orthopedic surgery at CHU Sainte-Justine and Polytechnique Montréal: Patients will regain a normal spinal column thanks to the Chair in Spinal Biomechanics, which has been renewed to pave the way for the future of surgery
March 26, 2013
Caroline Villeneuve and Jordan Lemay are among the 2% to 3% of young Quebecers who have idiopathic scoliosis, a three-dimensional deformity of the spine that predominantly affects young girls, although the reason why is still not clearly understood. With the renewal of the NSERC/Medtronic Industrial Research Chair in Spine Biomechanics, whose Chairholder is Professor Carl-Éric Aubin of Polytechnique Montréal and Sainte-Justine University Hospital Centre, children and adults with spinal problems, like Caroline and Jordan, will benefit someday from the “surgery of the future” that researchers are currently working on.
https://www.polymtl.ca/salle-de-presse/en/newsreleases/revolution-orthopedic-surgery-chu-sainte-justine-and-polytechnique-montreal-patients-will-regain