Surgical treatment of Scheuermann's kyphosis using a combined antero-posterior strategy and pedicle screw constructs: Efficacy, radiographic and clinical outcomes in 111 cases

European Spine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 180-191

  Koller, Heiko ^a   Juliane, Zenner ^a   Umstaetter, Marianne ^a   Meier, Oliver ^a   Schmidt, René ^b   Hitzl, Wolfgang ^c  

^a German Scoliosis Center   (Germany)

^b ALB FILS KLINIKEN   (Germany)

^c PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Kyphotic deformity; Outcome; Scheuermann's kyphosis; Spinal release; Surgical correction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR RELEASE AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COBB ANGLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SCHEUERMANN DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; THERAPY EFFECT; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; INTERNAL FIXATOR; PELVIS; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; PELVIS; SCHEUERMANN DISEASE; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898834556     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-013-2894-2     Document Type: Article

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