Surgical assessment of the proximal thoracic curve in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

European Spine Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 522-530

  Smyrnis, Panayiotis N ^a,b   Sekouris, Nicholas ^c   Papadopoulos, George ^d  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Nuffield Orthopaedic Center ^*  (Greece)

^c NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Idiopathic scoliosis; Proximal thoracic curve; Shoulder imbalance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SHOULDER; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63949088512     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-0902-3     Document Type: Article

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