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Convex Growth Arrest for Congenital Scoliosis

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The physes (growth plates) are the cartilage zones between the metaphysis and epiphysis of bones that are responsible for the major part of longitudinal growth of long bones.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Sihhiye, Ankara, 06100, Turkey

    Muharrem Yazici

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  1. Orthopaedic Surgery, San Diego Medical Director, San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders, University of California, 4130 La Jolla, Village Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA

    Behrooz A. Akbarnia MD

  2. Orthopaedic Surgery Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Hacettepe University, 06100 Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey

    Muharrem Yazici MD

  3. Pediatric Orthopaedics Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, 11000 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106-6003, USA

    George H. Thompson MD

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Yazici, M., Dede, O. (2011). Convex Growth Arrest for Congenital Scoliosis. In: Akbarnia, B.A., Yazici, M., Thompson, G.H. (eds) The Growing Spine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85207-0_30

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