Combined anterior-posterior surgery is the most important risk factor for developing proximal junctional kyphosis in idiopathic scoliosis

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 470, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1633-1639

  Kim, Han Jo ^a   Yagi, Mitsuru ^a   Nyugen, Joseph ^a   Cunningham, Matthew E ^a   Boachie Adjei, Oheneba ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INCIDENCE; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROXIMAL JUNCTIONAL KYPHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864279985     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-011-2179-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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