title: "Bone-οn-Bone" surgical reconstruction of moderate severity, flexible single curve adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: continuing improvements of the technique and results in three scoliosis centers after almost twenty years of use.
abstract: The "bone-on-bone" reconstruction for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is reviewed in this article. Extensive use over the past 18 years has identified it's functional benefits outstanding clinical results, and very limited complications. This is an extensive update of it's application, since it's introduction, 18 years ago.
authors.affiliation: Columbia Orthopaedic Group, 1 South Keene Street, MO 65201 Columbia, USA.
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Gaines
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Balgrist Clinic, University of Zurich, Forchstrasse 340, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Kan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Min
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation University Hospital Collegium Medicum Jagiellonian University, Zakopane, Poland.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zarzycki