Surgery for Idiopathic Scoliosis: Currently Applied Techniques

1. Curves larger than 50 degrees progress even after skeletal maturity. 2. Curves larger than 60 degrees cause loss of pulmonary function, and much larger curves cause respiratory failure. 3. Greater the curve progression, the more difficult it is to treat with surgery. Posterior fusion with instrum...

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Autores principales: Maruyama, Toru, Takeshita, Katsushi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2009
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3676291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23818793

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3676291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23818793

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