Analysis of patients with nonambulatory neuromuscular scoliosis surgically treated to the pelvis with intraoperative halo-femoral traction

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 2381-2385

  Takeshita, Katsushi ^a,d   Lenke, Lawrence G ^b   Bridwell, Keith H ^b   Kim, Yongjung J ^b   Sides, Brenda ^b   Hensley, Marsha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Halo femoral traction; Neuromuscular scoliosis; Pelvic obliquity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; FEMUR; FEMUR FRACTURE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUMBAR SPINE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR SCOLIOSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PELVIS; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRUM; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPASTIC PARESIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE MOBILITY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE NAILS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PELVIS; SACRUM; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748847325     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000238964.73390.b6     Document Type: Article

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