Comparison of complications among growing spinal implants

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2091-2096

  Sankar, Wudbhav N ^a   Acevedo, Daniel C ^a   Skaggs, David L ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

complications; early onset scoliosis; growing implants; growing rods; growing spine; implant failure; VEPTR

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; EQUIPMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; KYPHOSIS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; ORTHOPEDIC PROSTHESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE;

EID: 78149281165     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c6edd7     Document Type: Article

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