Bracing for scoliosis

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Heary, Robert F ^a   Kumar, Sanjeev ^a   Bono, Christopher M ^b  

^a New Jersey Medical School   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusion; Iatrogenic; Outcomes; Postoperative; Scoliosis; Spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRACE; CONGENITAL SCOLIOSIS; DEGENERATIVE SCOLIOSIS; DELAYED POSTTRAUMATIC SCOLIOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; ISTHMIC SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; NEUROMUSCULAR SCOLIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGEON; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

BIOMECHANICS; BRACES; HUMANS; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 65849340194     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000320387.93907.97     Document Type: Article

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