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. 2024 Feb 12;5(1):639.
doi: 10.55275/JPOSNA-2023-639. eCollection 2023 Feb.

Posterior Column Osteotomies in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Panel Discussion

Lorena V Floccari  1 , Kenneth D Illingworth  2 , Suken A Shah  3 , Daniel J Sucato  4 , James O Sanders  5 , Haemish Crawford  6 , Tyler D Metcalf  7 , Craig R Louer Jr  7
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Posterior Column Osteotomies in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Panel Discussion

Lorena V Floccari et al. J Pediatr Soc North Am. .
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Haemish Crawford, FRACS Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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James O. Sanders, MD University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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Suken A. Shah, MD Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE
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Daniel J. Sucato, MD, MS Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, TX
Figure 1
Figure 1
A Watson Cheyne is utilized for gentle palpation, such as for assessing completeness of PCO and the integrity of the medial wall of pedicle (See Video).
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