How does thoracic kyphosis affect patient outcomes in growing rod surgery?

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1303-1309

  Schroerlucke, Samuel R ^a   Akbarnia, Behrooz A ^a,b   Pawelek, Jeff B ^a   Salari, Pooria ^a   Mundis Jr , Gregory M ^a   Yazici, Muharrem ^c   Emans, John B ^d   Sponseller, Paul D ^e  

^a SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR SPINAL DISORDERS   (United States)

^b University of California San Diego ^*  (United States)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

complications; early onset scoliosis; growing rods; hyperkyphosis; sagittal ali; thoracic kyphosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWING ROD SURGERY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ILEUS; INFANT; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KYPHOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TACHYCARDIA; THORACIC KYPHOSIS; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863438115     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318246d8a0     Document Type: Article

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