Pathogenesis of Idiopathic Scoliosis

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Machida, Masafumi (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Weinstein, Stuart L. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Dubousset, Jean (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Orthopedics.; Pathology.; Neurology .; Neurology.

This book provides comprehensive coverage of current topics in idiopathic scoliosis (IS). A three-dimensional deformity of the spine, the condition is characterized by lateral curvature combined with vertebral rotation. The primary lesion, however, lies in the median sagittal plane, taking the form...