The feasibility, safety, and utility of vertebral wedge osteotomies for the fusionless treatment of paralytic scoliosis

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 20 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Guille, James T ^a   Betz, Randal R ^b   Balsara, Rohinton K ^d   Mulcahey, M J ^b   D'Andrea, Linda P ^b   Clements, David H ^c  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Fusionless; Myelodysplasial; Paralytic scoliosis; Spinal cord injury; Vertebral wedge osteotomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INFANT; MALE; MYELODYSPLASIA; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SAFETY; SCOLIOSIS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL WEDGE OSTEOTOMY;

EID: 0142026298     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000092485.40061.ed     Document Type: Article

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