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Figure 13 | Scoliosis

Figure 13

From: “Bone-οn-Bone” surgical reconstruction of moderate severity, flexible single curve adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: continuing improvements of the technique and results in three scoliosis centers after almost twenty years of use

Figure 13

a: “total discectomy” performed at 4 discs and bicortical screws at 5 vertebrae. Gelfoam placed into each disc following the discectomy to limit bone oozing. b: “bone-on-bone” apposition is obtained by compression, until the apposition is palpable with a Penfield 4 dissector.

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Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders

ISSN: 2397-1789

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