Scoliosis in total-body-involvement cerebral palsy: Analysis of surgical treatment and patient and caregiver satisfaction

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1412-1425

  Comstock, Christopher P ^a,b   Leach, Judy ^a   Wenger, Dennis R ^a  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DRISCOLL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Neuromuscular; Scoliosis; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTERVIEWS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032526645     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199806150-00022     Document Type: Article

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