Comparison of push-prone and lateral-bending radiographs for predicting postoperative coronal alignment in thoracolumbar and lumbar scoliotic curves

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 76-81

  Vedantam, Ravishankar ^a   Lenke, Lawrence G ^b,d   Bridwell, Keith H ^b   Linville, Douglas L ^c  

^a Midwest Orthopedic Institute   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d 11300 West Pavilion ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Prone push radiographs anterior spinal fusion; Supine lateral bending radiographs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033962220     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200001010-00014     Document Type: Article

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