Does a long-fusion "t3-Sacrum" portend a worse outcome than a short-fusion "t10-Sacrum" in primary surgery for adult scoliosis?

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 884-890

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

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adult scoliosis; bone morphogenetic protein; degenerative scoliosis; fusion; idiopathic scoliosis; iliac screws; sacrum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRUM; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860833911     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182376414     Document Type: Article

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