Critical issues underlying expenditures for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery: questioning the surgical treatment motivation

J Pediatr. 2018 Jul:198:326-327. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.03.035. Epub 2018 Apr 23.

Authors

Jun Zhang¹, Chi-Jiao Ma², Xiao-Feng Xin³, Hai-Qiang Wang⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedics Baoji Municipal Central Hospital Baoji, China.
² Department of Orthopaedics Ankang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Ankang, China.
³ Department of Orthopaedics Fengxiang County Hospital Baoji, China.
⁴ Department of Orthopaedics Centre for Translational Medicine First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

PMID: 29699799
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.03.035

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Health Expenditures
Humans
Motivation
Scoliosis*
Spinal Fusion