Thoracolumbar Scoliosis Wheeless

Description: Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
Choices for Instrumentation: - Zielke Instrumentation: - used for treatment of rigid or mobile lumbar or thoracolumbar Scoliosis w/ lordosis; - CD instrumentation: - for patients who have a mobile lumbar or thoracolumbar curve; - may provide a permanent derotation & restoration of lordosis; - Indications for Surgery: - thoracolumbar or lumbar curves greater than 40 to 45 deg; - marked imbalance w/ shift to one side; - substantial pain; - progression of deformity;