Predicting the outcome of selective thoracic fusion in false double major lumbar C cases with five-to twenty-four-year follow-up

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2128-2133

  Chang, Michael S ^a   Bridwell, Keith H ^a   Lenke, Lawrence G ^a   Cho, Woojin ^a   Baldus, Christine ^a   Auerbach, Joshua D ^a   Crawford, Charles H ^a   O'Shaughnessy, Brian A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; complications; long term outcome; selective thoracic fusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELECTIVE THORACIC FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MISSOURI; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649446166     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181e5e36e     Document Type: Article

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