Cast Treatment of Infantile or Early Onset Scoliosis

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-5

  Sanders, James O ^a   D'Astous, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

early onset scoliosis; infantile scoliosis; scoliosis casting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; HUMAN; ONSET AGE; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RIB MALFORMATION; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE MOBILITY; THERAPY EFFECT; TRACTION THERAPY;

EID: 70349973650     PISSN: 10486666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.oto.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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