Thumb Ossification Composite Index (TOCI) for Predicting Peripubertal Skeletal Maturity and Peak Height Velocity in Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Validation Study of Premenarchal Girls with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Followed Longitudinally Until Skeletal Maturity

BACKGROUND: Accurate skeletal maturity assessment is important to guide clinical evaluation of idiopathic scoliosis, but commonly used methods are inadequate or too complex for rapid clinical use. The objective of the study was to propose a new simplified staging method, called the thumb ossificatio...

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Autores principales: Hung, Alec L.H., Chau, W.W., Shi, B., Chow, Simon K., Yu, Fiona Y.P., Lam, T.P., Ng, Bobby K.W., Qiu, Y., Cheng, Jack C.Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5805281/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28872525
http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.16.01078

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