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Growing rods surgery is the mainstay of treatment for early‐onset scoliosis (EOS) while proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) is one of the most commonly reported postoperative complications. We sought to investigate… Click to show full abstract
Growing rods surgery is the mainstay of treatment for early‐onset scoliosis (EOS) while proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) is one of the most commonly reported postoperative complications. We sought to investigate the impact of the location of upper instrumented vertebra (UIV) in relation to the sagittal apex on proximal junctional kyphosis in EOS after traditional growing rods (GRs) treatment.
Keywords:
proximal junctional;
early onset;
location upper;
onset scoliosis;
junctional kyphosis
Journal Title: Orthopaedic Surgery
Year Published: 2022
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Journal Title: Orthopaedic Surgery
Year Published: 2022
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