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Indication for surgical treatment in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis – a critical appraisal and counter-point

In a recent letter to the editor (Patient Saf. Surg. 2013, 7:17), Weiss and Moramarco made the claim that surgical correction of idiopathic scoliosis is not supported based on the available literature citing no medical indication and high complication rates as compared to non-operative management. I...

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Autores principales: Bachmann, Keith R, Goodwin, Ryan C, Moore, Timothy A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3720566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23819754
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-9493-7-21