Patient's question:
After the baby was born, he/she suffered from muscular torticollis. Massage did not improve after 3 months. We want to consider surgical treatment. What is the success rate of the surgery? Will it recur? How old does the baby need to be to have the surgery?Doctor's answer:
According to the baby's current age, manual traction, massage, or local physical therapy should continue to be performed. Surgical treatment should not be rushed. It will usually shrink or disappear within a year. Generally speaking, surgical treatment is suitable for infants over 1 year old whose manual traction, massage, or local physical therapy is not effective. Generally, the sternocleidomastoid muscle's sternum and clavicle need to be resected or partially resected. Even after surgery, the head also needs to be fixed and corrected. Moreover, it is necessary to persist in passive exercises for the head and neck every day.