title: Decision making for upper instrumented vertebra in thoracolumbar/lumbar adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: can we stop below the end vertebra?
abstract: Sudo H, Kaneda K, Shono Y, Iwasaki N. Selection of the upper vertebra to be instrumented in the treatment of thoracolumbar and lumbar adolescent idiopathic scoliosis by anterior correction and fusion surgery using dual-rod instrumentation: a minimum 12-year follow-up study. Spine J. 2016:16:281-7 (in this issue).
authors.affiliation: New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System, Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Spine Hospital, 5141 Broadway, New York, NY 10034, USA.
authors.forename: Comron
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saifi
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, 9040 Jackson Ave, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System, Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Spine Hospital, 5141 Broadway, New York, NY 10034, USA. Electronic address: ronald.lehman@columbia.edu.
authors.forename: Ronald A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lehman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003657:Decision Making; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome