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Incidence and Risk Factors of Neurological Deficits of Surgical Correction for Scoliosis

Yong Qiu, Shoufeng Wang, Bin Wang, Yang Yu, Feng Zhu, Zezhang Zhu

Spine · 2008 · 113 citations · 21 references

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Abstract

In surgical correction of scoliosis, the risk factors for neurologic deficits include CS, scoliosis with hyperkyphosis, scoliosis correction by combined procedures, scoliosis with a Cobb's angle more than 90 degrees , and a revision surgery.

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