2006 Posterior Only Pedicle Screw Fusion vs Anterior Posterior Hybrid Fusion in Scheuermann Kyphosis AAOS

Description: Paper No: 341 Thursday, March 23, 2006 05:18 PM - 05:24 PM Location: McCormick Place N426 Stanley S Lee, MD Ann Arbor MI (n) Lawrence G Lenke, MD Saint Louis MO (a-Medtronic Sofamor Danek) Timothy R Kuklo, MD Saint Louis MO (a-Medtronic Sofamor Danek) Luis Valente V N Famalicao Portugal (n) Keith H Bridwell, MD Saint Louis MO (a-Medtronic Sofamor Danek) Brenda Sides, MD Saint Louis MO (n) Kathy Blanke, RN (n) Moderator(s): Vincent J Silvaggio, MD Pittsburgh PA Andrew V Slucky, MD Oakland CA Spine Posterior only treatment for Scheuermann's kyphosis achieved and maintained better kyphosis correction than with circumferential fusion with significantly less complications.