Minimum 20-year follow-up results of Harrington rod fusion for idiopathic scoliosis

European Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 854-861

  Mariconda, M ^a   Galasso, O ^a   Barca, P ^a   Milano, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Scoliosis; Spinal fusion; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HARRINGTON INSTRUMENTATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; SELF CONCEPT; SPINE FUSION; THORAX; THORAX DEFORMITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29044440391     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0853-7     Document Type: Article

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