Low profile pelvic fixation with the sacral alar iliac technique in the pediatric population improves results at two-year minimum follow-up

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1887-1892

  Sponseller, Paul D ^a   Zimmerman, Ryan M ^b   Ko, Phebe S ^a   Pull Ter Gunne, Albert F ^a   Mohamed, Ahmed S ^a   Chang, Tai Li ^c   Kebaish, Khaled M ^a  

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

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

pelvic fixation; pelvic obliquity; scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MENINGOMYELOCELE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PEDICLE SCREW; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL ALAR ILIAC PELVIC FIXATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILIUM; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INTERNAL FIXATORS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN; PELVIC BONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SCOLIOSIS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957372045     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181e03881     Document Type: Article

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