Non-Idiopathic Spine Deformities in Young Children

1. Normal and Abnormal Growth of Spine
Ilkka J. Helenius

2. Clinical Evaluation
Dror Ovadia

3. Radiologic Evaluation of Non-Idiopathic Early Onset Spine Deformities
Jorge Mineiro

4. Congenital Deformities of the Spine
Athanasios I. Tsirikos

5. Neuromuscular Spine Deformities
Carol-Claudius Hasler

6. Cerebral Palsy
Freeman Miller

7. Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy and Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Dietrich Schlenzka

8. Other Neuromuscular Disorders with Scoliosis
Carol-Claudius Hasler

9. Delaying Tactics: Traction, Casting, and Bracing
Charles E. Johnston

10. Indications for Non-fusion Operative Techniques in Non-Idiopathic Scoliosis
Charles E. Johnston

11. Growth Modulation Techniques for Non-Idiopathic Early Onset Scoliosis
Eric J. Wall, Donita I. Bylski-Austrow

12. Instrumentation in the Childhood Spinal Deformities: Challenges, Problems, Limitations, and Solutions
Muharrem Yazici, Z. Deniz Olgun

13. Fusionless Instrumentation for Non-Idiopathic Spine Deformities of Young Children: The Growing Rod Technique
Muharrem Yazici, Z. Deniz Olgun

14. VEPTR Instrumentation in Early Onset Scoliosis
Fritz Hefti, Arne Mehrkens, Carol-Claudius Hasler

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