Shoulder balance after surgery in patients with Lenke Type 2 scoliosis corrected with the segmental pedicle screw technique: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 214-219

  Li, Ming ^a   Gu, Suxi ^a   Ni, Jianqiang ^b   Fang, Xiutong ^c   Zhu, Xiaodong ^a   Zhang, Zhiyu ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANTAI YUHUANGDING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Idiopathic double structural thoracic scoliosis; Segmental pedicle screw instrumentation; Shoulder balance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCOLIOSIS; SHOULDER; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ADOLESCENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BONE SCREW; CHILD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SHOULDER; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65249181506     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.11.SPINE08524     Document Type: Article

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