Patient Self-Assessment of Appearance Is Improve More by All Pedicle Screw Than Hybrid Constructs in Surgical Treatment Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.

Authors :: Smucny, Mia
Lubicky, John P.
Sanders, James O.
Carreon, Leah Y.
Diab, Mohammad
Source :: Spine (03622436). 2/1/2011, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p248-254. 7p. 5 Charts, 2 Graphs.
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: The article presents a study on the self assessment of appearance by patients who underwent posterior spinal fusion with instrumentation for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). There were not significant preoperative differences found in 93 patients in the all pedicle screw cohort and 61 in the hybrid cohort. A better assessment of self-appearance was determined for all pedicle screw constructs.

Subjects :: *PATIENTS
*SPINAL fusion
*SCOLIOSIS
*DISEASES in teenagers
*RESEARCH

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