Quantification of the effects of operative management for idiopathic scoliosis: implications for pathogenesis, pathomechanisms and future management
Idiopathic scoliosis (lS) is a structural lateral curvature of the spine with rotation for which no cause is established. Surgical treatment for scoliosis focuses on the spine and achieves only partial correction of spine and trunk deformity. This correction deteriorates with time. Some pathomechani...
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| Format: | Thesis (University of Nottingham only) |
| Language: | English |
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2002
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/14025/ |