title: A "simple" option in the surgical treatment of congenital scoliosis.
abstract: Commentary on: Li X-F, Liu Z-D, Hu G-Y, et al. Posterior unilateral pedicle subtraction osteotomy of hemivertebra for correction of the adolescent congenital spinal deformity. Spine J 2011;11:111-118 (in this issue).
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. mnimrie@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Meghan N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Imrie
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013131:Spine / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome