Does adolescent obesity affect surgical presentation and radiographic outcome for patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis?

Autor: Rehan Saiyed, Benjamin T. Bjerke, Zoe B. Cheung, Grant D. Shifflett, Matthew E. Cunningham, Tyler J. Uppstrom
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics B. 26:53-58
ISSN: 1060-152X
DOI: 10.1097/bpb.0000000000000351
Popis: The purpose of this study was to test a hypothesis that overweight patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis present with larger curves and achieve less surgical correction than do healthy weight counterparts. A total of 251 individuals were grouped by BMI into overweight (BMI% ≥85) and healthy weight (BMI%
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