Minimum 5-year radiographic results of long scoliosis fusion in juvenile spinal muscular atrophy patients: Major curve progression after instrumented fusion

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 480-488

  Zebala, Lukas P ^a   Bridwell, Keith H ^a   Baldus, Christine ^a   Richards, Stephens B ^b   Dormans, John P ^c   Lenke, Lawrence G ^a   Auerbach, Joshua D ^d   Lovejoy, John ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior and posterior spinal fusion; crankshaft; neuromuscular scoliosis; spinal muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PELVIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SPINE FUSION;

CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958865166     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: 15392570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e318220ba33     Document Type: Article

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