Newer Technologies for the Treatment of Scoliosis in the Growing Spine

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 697-705

  Torre Healy, Andrew ^a   Samdani, Amer F ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

AUTHOR; BRACE; CAST APPLICATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EPIPHYSIODESIS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SURGEON; SURGICAL STAPLING; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY;

BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SCOLIOSIS; SURGICAL STAPLING; THORACOPLASTY;

EID: 35648936389     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2007.07.002     Document Type: Review

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