Can We Predict the Ultimate Lumbar Curve in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients Undergoing a Selective Fusion with Undercorrection of the Thoracic Curve?

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 277-285

  Dobbs, Matthew B ^a,b,c   Lenke, Lawrence G ^a,b,c   Walton, Tim ^a,b   Peelle, Michael ^a   Della Rocca, Greg ^a   Steger May, Karen ^a   Bridwell, Keith H ^a,b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Push prone; Selective fusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0742304554     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000106488.51299.75     Document Type: Review

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