Short fusion strategy for lenke type 1 thoracic curve using pedicle screw fixation

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 93-97

  Matsumoto, Morio ^a   Watanabe, Kota ^a   Ogura, Yoji ^a   Okada, Eijiro ^a   Hosogane, Naobumi ^a   Chiba, Kazuhiro ^a   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

idiopathic scoliosis; Lenke type 1; pedicle screw fixation; short fusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENKE TYPE 1 THORACIC CURVE; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; SCOLIOSIS; SHOULDER; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; BONE SCREWS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876159592     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31823ac2e8     Document Type: Article

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