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In this fourth volume of the AOSpine Masters Series

experts from around the world share their strategies for managing the most

common adult spinal deformities. This book gives clinicians the guidance they

need to make the right treatment decisions and provide the best care for their

patients. Chapter topics include osteotomies for rigid spinal deformities,

postoperative coronal decompensation in adult deformity, and biomechanics and

material science for deformity correction.

Key Features:The issues of patient selection, outcomes, and

complications along with all the essential preoperative and intraoperative

factors are discussed in detail in every chapterEditors are

internationally recognized authorities on the management of adult spinal

deformitiesEach chapter includes expert tips and pearls The

AOSpine Masters Series, a copublication of Thieme and AOSpine, a Clinical

Division of the AO Foundation, addresses current clinical issues whereby

international masters of spine share their expertise and recommendations on a

particular topic. The goal of the series is to contribute to an evolving,

dynamic model of an evidence-based medicine approach to spine care.All spine

surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons, and neurosurgeons, along with residents and

fellows in these areas, will find this book to be an excellent reference that

they will consult often in their treatment of patients with cervical spine

injuries.

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