Operative Management of Degenerative Scoliosis: An Evidence-Based Approach to Surgical Strategies Based on Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 261-272

  Berven, Sigurd H ^a   Deviren, Vedat ^a   Mitchell, Brian ^a   Wahba, George ^b   Hu, Serena S ^a   Bradford, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SELF REPORT; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249780801     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2007.03.003     Document Type: Review

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