The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 7 , Pages e9-e13, July 2009

Severe idiopathic scoliosis with respiratory insufficiency treated with preoperative traction and staged anteroposterior spinal fusion with a 2-level apical vertebrectomy

  • Jeffrey J. Nepple, MD
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  • Lawrence G. Lenke, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 660 S. Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8233, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. Tel.: (314) 747-2535; fax: (314) 747-2599.

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA

Received 6 June 2008; accepted 17 January 2009. published online 24 February 2009.

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 FDA device/drug status: not applicable.

 Author disclosures: LGL (royalties from Medtronic and consultant at Medtronic).

PII: S1529-9430(09)00049-7

doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2009.01.009

The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 7 , Pages e9-e13, July 2009

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