Scoliosis surgery in cerebral palsy: Differences between unit rod and custom rods

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 840-844

  Sponseller, Paul D ^a,j   Shah, Suken A ^b   Abel, Mark F ^c   Sucato, Daniel ^d   Newton, Peter O ^e   Shufflebarger, Harry ^f   Lenke, Lawrence G ^g   Letko, Lynn ^h   Betz, Randal ⁱ   Marks, Michelle ^e   Bastrom, Tracey ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Klinikum Karlsbad Langensteinbach   (Germany)

ⁱ Shriner's Hospital   (United States)

^j DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Fusion; Pelvic obliquity; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PELVIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650477114     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31819487b7     Document Type: Article

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