Preservation of Thoracic Kyphosis is Critical to Maintain Lumbar Lordosis in The Surgical Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Restoration of the sagittal alignment is one of the fundamental goals in scoliosis correction surgery. Having an increase in popularity of segmental spinal instrumentation, thoracic kyphosis (TK) is often sacrificed to achieve frontal and axial plane correction. Patients with a Lenke type 1 deformit...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2012-07-01
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| Series: | Acta Medica Iranica |
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| Online Access: | https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/3934 |