Anterior arthrodesis with instrumentation for thoracolumbar scoliosis: Comparison of efficacy in adults and adolescents

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1219-1223

  Deviren, Vedat ^a,b   Patel, Vikas V ^a   Metz, Lionel N ^a   Berven, Sigurd H ^a   Hu, Serena H ^a   Bradford, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Adults; Anterior fusion; Outcomes; Scoliosis correction; Thoracolumbar

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 43549098494     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318170fce0     Document Type: Article

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