Can distraction-based surgeries achieve minimum 18 cm thoracic height for patients with early onset scoliosis?
Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 603 - 608
Published: Oct 29, 2020
Abstract
Karol et al. introduced the concept that 18 cm thoracic height is the critical point where a patient with early onset scoliosis (EOS) can maintain adequate pulmonary function. Our purpose was to determine if distraction-based surgeries will increase thoracic spine height to at least 18 cm in patients with EOS. Patients with EOS treated with distraction-based systems (minimum 5 years follow up, minimum five lengthenings). Radiographic analysis of...
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Title
Can distraction-based surgeries achieve minimum 18 cm thoracic height for patients with early onset scoliosis?
Published Date
Oct 29, 2020
Volume
9
Issue
2
Pages
603 - 608
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