title: [Selection of surgical procedure for the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discuss and evaluate the selection of surgical procedure for the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis according to the location and degree of the deformity.
  
  
  METHODS
  175 patients with idiopathic scoliosis underwent surgical treatment with correction and fusion. The patients were divided into four groups according to the location and degree of the deformity and four different procedures were used for each group. For each group, the blood loss, surgery time, correction rate, loss of correction at final follow up and complications were compared and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All patients underwent surgery safely and no neurological complication occurred. The correction rate was 81% for Group I, 86% for Group II, 68% for Group III and 72% for Group IV. All patients were followed up at least 2 years and the average time was 38 months (24 approximately 52).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Proper selection of surgical procedure according to the location and degree of the scoliotic deformity, satisfactory results can be achieved in the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedics of 306 Hospital, Spinal Surgery Center of PLA, Beijing 100101, China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hai
authors.forename: De-wei
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Hua-song
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Xiao-ming
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Zhi-ming
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xue-feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Shui-lin
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Ke-wen
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Li-yu
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome