Sagittal plane deformity in the thoracic spine: A clue to the presence of syringomyelia as a cause of scoliosis

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2147-2151

  Ouellet, Jean A ^a   LaPlaza, Javier ^b   Erickson, Mark A ^c   Birch, John G ^c   Burke, Stephen ^b   Browne, Richard ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Hospital for Special Surgery   (United States)

^c TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dickson apical lordosis; Sagittal alignment; Scoliosis; Syringomyella

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYRINGOMYELIA; THORACIC SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SYRINGOMYELIA; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0141478955     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000091831.50507.46     Document Type: Conference Paper

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