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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Main Authors: JuliAnne R. Rathbun, Daniel S. Hoernschemeyer, Mark R. Wakefield, Elizabeth A. Malm-Buatsi, Katie S. Murray, Venkataraman Ramachandran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-07-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576619300739