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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Libertas Academica
2009
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3676291/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23818793 |