Prior to the availability of metal instrumentation, patients were placed in a corrective body cast and fusion surgery was performed through a hole cut in the back of the cast.
Ngaphambi kokuba kubekho izixhobo zentsimbi, izigulana zazinikwa iintsika zokulungisa umzimba zize zenziwe utyando lokudibanisa ngomngxuma ovulwa apha kwintsika ngasemva.