Screws versus hooks: Implant cost and deformity correction in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-143

  Jaquith, Bradley P ^a   Chase, Adam ^a   Flinn, Phillip ^a   Sawyer, Jeffrey R ^a   Warner, William C ^a   Freeman, Barney L ^a   Kelly, Derek M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Implant; Pedicle screw; Scoliosis; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861771985     PISSN: 18632521     EISSN: 18632548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11832-012-0400-8     Document Type: Article

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