Vertebral body stapling: A fusionless treatment option for a growing child with moderate idiopathic scoliosis

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-176

  Betz, Randal R ^a   Ranade, Ashish ^a   Samdani, Amer F ^a   Chafetz, Ross ^a   D'Andrea, Linda P ^b   Gaughan, John P ^c   Asghar, Jahangir ^a   Grewal, Harsh ^a   Mulcahey, Mary Jane ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b Brandywine Institute of Orthopaedics   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bracing; Fusionless; Idiopathic scoliosis; Vertebral body stapling

Indexed keywords

KETOROLAC; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ATELECTASIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MESENTERIC ARTERY OCCLUSION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUPTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; VERTEBRA BODY STAPLING;

ADOLESCENT; BONE NAILS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77749322316     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c6dff5     Document Type: Review

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