Long-term follow-up of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients who had harrington instrumentation and fusion to the lower lumbar vertebrae: Is low back pain a problem?

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 24, 2009, Pages

  Bartie, Bruce J ^a   Lonstein, John E ^a,b   Winter, Robert B ^a,b  

^a TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^b GILLETTE CHILDREN'S SPECIALTY HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Idiopathic scoliosis; Instrumentation; Long term follow up; Spine fusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HARRINGTON INSTRUMENTATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FUSION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72849127115     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181aa7d53     Document Type: Article

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