Posterior elements disruption with hybrid constructs in AIS patients: is there an impact on proximal junctional kyphosis?

Ghailane, S; Pesenti, S; Peltier, E; Choufani, E; Blondel, B; Jouve, JL

Pesenti, S (reprint author), Aix Marseille Univ, Hop Timobe, CHU Timone, Pediat Orthoped, 264 Rue St Pierre, F-13005 Marseille, France.; Pesenti, S (reprint author), Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, ISM, Inst Movement Sci, Marseille, France.

ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY, 2017; 137 (5): 631

Abstract

Proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) is a frequent proximal adjacent segment disease following spinal fusion in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) an......

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