Pelvic fixation of growing rods: Comparison of constructs

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1706-1710

  Sponseller, Paul D ^a,i   Yang, Justin S ^a   Thompson, George H ^b   McCarthy, Richard E ^c   Emans, John B ^d   Skaggs, David L ^e   Asher, Marc A ^f   Yazici, Muharrem ^g   Poe Kochert, Connie ^b   Kostial, Pat ^h   Akbarnia, Behrooz A ⁱ  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Jackson T Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal anchors; Growing rods; Neuromuscular scoliosis; Pelvic fixation; Pelvic obliquity; Syndromic scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIXATION DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; GROWING ROD; HEREDITARY SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PELVIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILIUM; INTERNAL FIXATORS; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68949147545     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181ab240e     Document Type: Article

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