All pedicle screw instrumentation for Scheuermann's kyphosis correction: is it worth it?

Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 296-302

  Koptan, Wael M T ^a   ElMiligui, Yasser H ^a   ElSebaie, Hazem B ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

All pedicle screws; Posterior osteotomies; Scheuermann's kyphosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KYPHOSIS; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOTOMY; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; SCHEUERMANN DISEASE; SCOLIOSIS; THORACOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 62649103777     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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