The Lenke Classification System of Operative Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-206

  Lenke, Lawrence G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LENKE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; LUMBAR SPINE; OSTEOTOMY; POSTERIOR VERTEBRAL FUSION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE;

EID: 34249786543     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2007.02.006     Document Type: Review

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