Selective versus nonselective fusion for idiopathic scoliosis: Does lumbosacral takeoff angle change?

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1103-1112

  Abel, Mark F ^a   Herndon, Stephanie K ^a   Sauer, Lindsay D ^a   Novicoff, Wendy M ^a   Smith, Justin S ^a,b   Shaffrey, Christopher I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Lumbosacral takeoff angle; Nonselective fusion; Selective fusion; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; THORACIC SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LINEAR MODELS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960011493     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181f60b5b     Document Type: Article

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