Letter to the Editor concerning "far lateral approaches (XLIF) in adult scoliosis" by P. Berjano and C. Lamartina (Eur Spine J. 2012 Jul 27. [Epub ahead of print]): The order of the factors does affect the product: Considerations on why coronal (and not sagittal) imbalance should dictate the sequence of the 'combined XLIF/posterior approach' to adult degenerative scoliosis

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1183-1185

  Mattei, Tobias A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT DISEASE; COBB ANGLE; DECOMPRESSION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION;

HUMANS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 84878241706     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-012-2636-x     Document Type: Letter

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