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Vertebral derotation in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis causes hypokyphosis of the thoracic spine

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that direct vertebral derotation by pedicle screws (PS) causes hypokyphosis of the thoracic spine in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients, using computer simulation. METHODS: Twenty AIS patients with Lenke type 1 or 2 who und...

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Autores principales: Watanabe, Kota, Nakamura, Takayuki, Iwanami, Akio, Hosogane, Naobumi, Tsuji, Takashi, Ishii, Ken, Nakamura, Masaya, Toyama, Yoshiaki, Chiba, Kazuhiro, Matsumoto, Morio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3441743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22691717
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-13-99