Comparison of the use of supine bending and traction radiographs in the selection of the fusion area in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 2469-2473

  Vaughan, John J ^a,c   Winter, Robert B ^b   Lonstein, John E ^b  

^a Spine Institute   (United States)

^b TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

fusion area; idiopathic scoliosis; supine bending radiographs; traction radiographs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RADIOGRAPHY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TRACTION;

EID: 0029825386     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199611010-00012     Document Type: Article

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