Proximal Junctional Kyphosis: A Pediatric and Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Dilemma

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

Review

Aleksander P Mika et al. JBJS Rev. 2019 Apr.

. 2019 Apr;7(4):e4.

doi: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.18.00059.

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

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