Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: Should 100% correction be the goal?

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 31, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Imrie, Meghan ^a   Yaszay, Burt ^b   Bastrom, Tracey P ^b   Wenger, Dennis R ^b   Newton, Peter O ^b  

^a LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; primary thoracic curve; surgical correction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB MALFORMATION; RISK; SHOULDER; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRUNK;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650942659     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181fd8a24     Document Type: Article

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