Adult lumbar scoliosis. Treatment with combined anterior-posterior spinal fusion

AORN J. 1991 Sep;54(3):546-50, 552-6, 538-60. doi: 10.1016/s0001-2092(07)66776-3.

Abstract

Innovative surgical approaches to current adult lumbar scoliosis result in faster recovery time and greater satisfaction regarding patient abilities after surgery. Combined ASF/PSF requires expert surgical team coordination throughout the perioperative period to achieve positive patient results.

MeSH terms

  • Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory
  • Humans
  • Lumbar Vertebrae*
  • Monitoring, Intraoperative / instrumentation
  • Monitoring, Intraoperative / methods
  • Operating Room Nursing / methods*
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Postoperative Care
  • Preoperative Care
  • Radiography
  • Scoliosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Scoliosis / nursing
  • Scoliosis / surgery*
  • Spinal Fusion / instrumentation
  • Spinal Fusion / methods*
  • Spinal Fusion / nursing