Preservation of Thoracic Kyphosis is Critical to Maintain Lumbar Lordosis in The Surgical Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

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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Main Authors: Mohammad Khakinahad, Ebrahim Ameri, Hassan Ghandhari, Hossein Tari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2012-07-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
Subjects:
Idiopathic scoliosis
Thoracic kyphosis
Lumbar lordosis
Hook instrumentation
Online Access:https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/3934

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