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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
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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. Harrington-DDT versus Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation.

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.

Long-term follow-up of patient with idiopathic scoliosis not treated surgically.  

Familial (idiopathic) scoliosis: A family survey

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