Outcomes, Expectations, and Complications Overview for the Surgical Treatment of Adult and Pediatric Spinal Deformity

Spine Deformity

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-14

  Smith, Justin S ^a   Kasliwal, Manish K ^a   Crawford, Alvin ^b   Shaffrey, Christopher I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Complication; Deformity; Outcomes; Pediatric; Spine; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY;

EID: 84875894772     PISSN: 2212134X     EISSN: 22121358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspd.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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