Decision making for upper instrumented vertebra in thoracolumbar/lumbar adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: can we stop below the end vertebra?

Comron Saifi; Daniel G Kang; Ronald A Lehman Jr

doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2015.11.016

Decision making for upper instrumented vertebra in thoracolumbar/lumbar adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: can we stop below the end vertebra?

Spine J. 2016 Mar;16(3):288-90. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.11.016.

Authors

Comron Saifi¹, Daniel G Kang², Ronald A Lehman Jr³

Affiliations

¹ New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System, Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Spine Hospital, 5141 Broadway, New York, NY 10034, USA.
² Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, 9040 Jackson Ave, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA.
³ New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System, Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Spine Hospital, 5141 Broadway, New York, NY 10034, USA. Electronic address: ronald.lehman@columbia.edu.

PMID: 27063497
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.11.016

Abstract

Sudo H, Kaneda K, Shono Y, Iwasaki N. Selection of the upper vertebra to be instrumented in the treatment of thoracolumbar and lumbar adolescent idiopathic scoliosis by anterior correction and fusion surgery using dual-rod instrumentation: a minimum 12-year follow-up study. Spine J. 2016:16:281-7 (in this issue).

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MeSH terms

Adolescent
Decision Making
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery
Retrospective Studies
Scoliosis / surgery*
Spinal Fusion
Thoracic Vertebrae / surgery*
Treatment Outcome