Ureteral injury following vertebral body tethering for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a deformity of the spine of unknown etiology and no definitive cure. A novel technique for correction during growth known as vertebral body tethering (VBT) was introduced in 2005 in animal models, and then quickly adapted for human implementation [Courvoisier...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-07-01
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Series: | Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576619300739 |