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Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring During Corrective Spine Surgery in the Growing Child

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Operative management of scoliosis has undergone dynamic evolution over the course of the previous half century, particularly in the immediate past decade. Advances in multisegmental instrumentation and improved surgical technique have facilitated treatment of complex deformities, even in young children with progressive early onset scoliosis who are unresponsive to nonoperative treatment.

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  1. Orthopaedic Surgery, San Diego Medical Director, San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders, University of California, 4130 La Jolla, Village Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA

    Behrooz A. Akbarnia MD

  2. Orthopaedic Surgery Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Hacettepe University, 06100 Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey

    Muharrem Yazici MD

  3. Pediatric Orthopaedics Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, 11000 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106-6003, USA

    George H. Thompson MD

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Schwartz, D.M., Sestokas, A.K., Dormans, J.P. (2011). Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring During Corrective Spine Surgery in the Growing Child. In: Akbarnia, B.A., Yazici, M., Thompson, G.H. (eds) The Growing Spine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85207-0_40

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