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References for Scoliosis






Anterior Kostuik-Harrington distraction systems for the treatment of
    kyphotic deformities.

Management of pseudarthrosis after arthrodesis of the spine for
  idiopathic scoliosis.

Early diagnosis of scoliosis based on school-screening.

A comparison of different methods used to diagnose pseudarthrosis
    following posterior spinal fusion for scoliosis.

Patient preferences in surgery for scoliosis.

Surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. A comparative analysis.

Influence of parental age on degree of curvature in idiopathic scoliosis.

Muscle fiber types in thoracic erector spinae muscles. Fiber types in
    idiopathic and other forms of scoliosis.

Wisconsin and other instrumentation for posterior spinal fusion.

Spinal cord monitoring during posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion.

Intraoperative somatosensory evoked potential monitoring in scoliosis.

Early mobilization of adolescent scoliosis patients following Wisconsin
    interspinous segmental instrumentation as an adjunct to Harrington
    distraction instrumentation. Preliminary report.

Scoliosis surgery in neurofibromatosis.

The prediction of curve progression in untreated idiopathic scoliosis
    during growth.

Reduction of radiation exposure during radiography   for scoliosis.

Curve progression in idiopathic scoliosis.

Osteotomy of the fusion mass in scoliosis.

Scoliosis caused by benign osteoblastoma of the thoracic or lumbar spine.

The use of shortened periods of rigid postoperative immobilization in
    the surgical treatment of idiopathic scoliosis.

Idiopathic scoliosis: long-term follow-up and prognosis in untreated
    patients.

A method for minimizing the radiation exposure from scoliosis radiographs.

Long-term follow-up of scoliosis fusion.

Disorders of the spine in diastrophic dwarfism.

Diastematomyelia and structural spinal deformities.

Scoliosis: incidence and natural history. A prospective epidemiological study.

Segmental spinal instrumentation with sublaminar wires. A critical
    appraisal.

Progression of the curve in boys who have idiopathic scoliosis.

Operative treatment of adolescent idiopathic thoracic scoliosis.

Anterior surgery in scoliosis.

The potential role of the elastic fiber system in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Levels of platelet calmodulin for the prediction of progression and
    severity of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Routine use of magnetic resonance imaging in idiopathic scoliosis patients
    less than eleven years of age.

Posterior arthrodesis and instrumentation in the immature (Risser-grade-0)
    spine in idiopathic scoliosis.

Scoliosis and pregnancy

Scoliosis in familial dysautonomia. Operative treatment.

Cobb angle versus spinous process angle in adolescent idiopathic
  scoliosis. The relationship of the anterior and posterior deformities.

The sagittal alignment of the cervical spine in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

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Collis DK, Ponseti IV: Long-term follow-up of patient with idiopathic
scoliosis not treated surgically.   J Bone Joint Surg (Am) 1969;50A:425.
Wynne-Davies R: Familial (idiopathic) scoliosis: A family survey.   J Bone
Joint Surg (Br) 1968;50B:24.




Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.