Clinical and economic implications of early discharge following posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 257-263

  Fletcher, Nicholas D ^a   Shourbaji, Nader ^a   Mitchell, Phillip M ^a   Oswald, Timothy S ^b   Devito, Dennis P ^c   Bruce, Robert W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pediatric Orthopaedic Associates   (United States)

^c Children's Orthopaedics of Atlanta   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated discharge; Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Cost of treatment; Posterior spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939883352     PISSN: 18632521     EISSN: 18632548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11832-014-0587-y     Document Type: Article

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