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Classification Schema for Scoliosis

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Scoliosis classifications serve as a guide for treatment decisions [1, 2]. An ideal classification system should be comprehensive and easy to utilize [3].

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    Olaolu C. Akinbo MBBS, Tsung-Hsi Tu M.D., John E. Ziewacz M.D., MPH & Praveen V. Mummaneni MD

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  1. Dept. of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA

    Michael Y. Wang

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Yi Lu

  3. Department of Orthopaedics, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    D. Greg Anderson

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    Praveen V. Mummaneni

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Akinbo, O.C., Tu, TH., Ziewacz, J.E., Mummaneni, P.V. (2014). Classification Schema for Scoliosis. In: Wang, M., Lu, Y., Anderson, D., Mummaneni, P. (eds) Minimally Invasive Spinal Deformity Surgery. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1407-0_2

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