Open AccessTREATMENT OF IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS BY HARRINGTON INSTRUMENTATION
Author(s) -
AR Bajracharya,
Rajendra Sanjel Chhetri,
Yagyar Raj Kharel,
Pawan Chalise,
Padma Rai,
Sajal Kumar Giri
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.787
Subject(s) - medicine , idiopathic scoliosis , scoliosis , instrumentation (computer programming) , surgery , medical physics , computer science , operating system
An adolescent idiopathic right-sided thoracolumbar scoliosis has been correctedsurgically with Harrington distraction and compression instrumentation with posteriorfusion for the first time in Nepal.Key Words: Idiopathic scoliosis, Harrington system.