Surgical stabilization of the spine in duchenne muscular dystrophy

Spine

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1983, Pages 776-780

  Weimann, R L ^a,b   Gibson, D A ^a,c   Moseley, C F ^a   Jones, D C ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b Orthopaedic Surgeon ^*  (United States)

^c Ontario Crippled Children’s Centre ^*  (Canada)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Indications; Muscular dystrophy; Scoliosis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BONE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPONDYLODESIS; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE;

EID: 0021061753     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198310000-00015     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Gibson DA, et al: Spinal deformity in Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy. Orthop Clin North Am 9:2, 437-450, 1978
2. Gibson DA, Wilkins KE: The management of spinal deformities in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Clin Orthop 108: 41-51, 1975
3. Wilkins KE, Gibson DA: The pattern of spinal deformity in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. J Bone Joint Surg 58A: 24-32, 1976.