Publication Year: 2004
Edition: 1st Ed.
Authors/Editor: Newton, Peter O.
ISBN: 978-0-89-203333-1
This concise monograph focuses on the most common form of scoliosis occurring in otherwise normal adolescents, affecting spinal alignment, growth, and function.
Topics include: patient evaluation; anatomy, etiology, natural history of scoliosis; treatment algorithm: observation, bracing, surgery; surgical treatment options with posterior, open anterior, and thorascopic instrumentation; radiographic and functional outcomes of treatment.