Complications of growth-sparing surgery in early onset scoliosis

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 2193-2204

  Akbarnia, Behrooz A ^a,b   Emans, John B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR SPINAL DISORDERS   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

early onset scoliosis; early onset spinal deformity; growing rods; spinal instrumentation without fusion; surgical complications; thoracic insufficiency syndrome; VEPTR (vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY ONSET SCOLIOSIS; GROWING ROD; GROWTH SPARING SURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC INSUFFICIENCY SYNDROME; THORAX DISEASE; VERTICAL EXPANDABLE PROSTHETIC TITANIUM RIB;

HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RIBS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650586062     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181f070b5     Document Type: Article

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