Predictable correction of the unfused lumbar lordosis after thoracic correction and fusion in Scheuermann kyphosis

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1227-1231

  Jansen, Rob C ^a   Van Rhijn, Lodewijk W ^a   Van Ooij, André ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Correlation of data; Kyphosis; Lordosis; Scheuermann disease; Surgical correction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHEUERMANN DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHEUERMANN'S DISEASE; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33646813661     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000217682.53629.ad     Document Type: Article

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