Surgical decision making in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1526-1532

  Donaldson, Sandra ^a   Stephens, Derek ^a   Howard, Andrew ^a   Alman, Benjamin ^a   Narayanan, Unni ^a   Wright, James G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Clinical outcomes; Patient body image; Physical deformity; Radiographic outcomes; Surgical decision making

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SCOLIOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34250721689     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318067dc75     Document Type: Article

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