title: Correction of the sagittal plane in idiopathic scoliosis using the Zielke procedure (VDS).
abstract: This paper reports a retrospective review of 91 patients with idiopathic thoracic scoliosis corrected by Zielke VDS instrumentation. The results were analysed to demonstrate the correction in all three planes. Satisfactory correction was obtained, and was particularly good in the sagittal and horizontal planes. There were no disadvantages from the thoracotomy.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädische Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Giehl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Völpel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Heinrich
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zielke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome