A rare complication of correction surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis requiring rib head resection: A case report

Purpose: The objective of this case is to describe, for the first time, a case of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treated with right sided transthoracic fusion and complicated by the cranial aspect of the rod boring through the fourth rib head. In this case we present a 25 year old female with idiop...

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Main Authors: Connor Fitz-Gerald, David Kieser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773157X22000819