Safety and efficacy of isola instrumentation and arthrodesis for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: Two- to 12-year follow-up

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 2013-2023

  Asher, Marc ^a,b   Sue, Min Lai ^b   Burton, Douglas ^a   Manna, Barbara ^c   Cooper, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Idiopathic scoliosis; Isola instrumentation; Posterior instrumentation and arthrodesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; ISOLA INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REOPERATION; SAFETY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIRE FIXATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY SYNDROME; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13444272017     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000138275.49220.81     Document Type: Article

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