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A Classification of Growth Friendly Spine Implants by Skaggs, David L, Akbarnia, Behrooz A, Flynn, John M, Myung, Karen S, Sponseller, Paul D, Vitale, Michael G

“…BACKGROUND:Various types of spinal implants have been used with the objective of minimizing spinal deformities while maximizing the spine and thoracic growth…”
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Early Pelvic Fixation Failure in Neuromuscular Scoliosis by Myung, Karen S, Lee, Christopher, Skaggs, David L

“…BACKGROUND:To report on early failures of pelvic fixation in posterior spinal fusions for neuromuscular scoliosis. METHODS:A retrospective review of…”
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Ten Percent of Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Have Variations in the Number of Thoracic or Lumbar Vertebrae by Ibrahim, David A, Myung, Karen S, Skaggs, David L

“…BACKGROUND:Surveys have demonstrated that wrong-site surgery of the spine is performed by up to 50% of spine surgeons over the course of a career. Inaccurate…”
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Intensive Care Unit Versus Hospital Floor: A Comparative Study of Postoperative Management of Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis by Shan, Le-qun, Skaggs, David L, Lee, Christopher, Kissinger, Catherine, Myung, Karen S

“…BACKGROUND:Patients undergoing posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis were admitted to the intensive care unit…”
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Simple Steps to Minimize Spine Infections in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis by Myung, Karen S, Glassman, David M, Tolo, Vernon T, Skaggs, David L

“…BACKGROUND:To examine the surgical site infection (SSI) rates in patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS)…”
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Clay-shoveler's fracture equivalent in children by Yamaguchi, Jr, Kent T, Myung, Karen S, Alonso, Manuel Aparicio, Skaggs, David L

“…Case report and literature review. This article reports 2 cases of clay-shoveler's fracture equivalent in children presenting acutely after participation in…”
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Ewing sarcoma of the tibia mimicking fibrous dysplasia by Arkader, Alexandre, Myung, Karen S, Stanley, Philip, Mascarenhas, Leo

“…Ewing sarcoma (ES) family of tumors is the second most common primary bone malignancy in children. It usually presents as an aggressive looking lesion often…”
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Upper Thoracic Pedicle Screw Loss of Fixation Causing Spinal Cord Injury: A Review of the Literature and Multicenter Case Series by Skaggs, Kira F, Brasher, Aimee E, Johnston, Charles E, Purvis, John M, Smith, John T, Myung, Karen S, Skaggs, David L

“…STUDY DESIGN:Case Series and Review of the Literature. OBJECTIVE:To report on cases of spinal cord injury from loss of fixation of upper thoracic pedicle…”
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Nutritional improvement following growing rod surgery in children with early onset scoliosis by Myung, Karen S., Skaggs, David L., Thompson, George H., Emans, John B., Akbarnia, Behrooz A.

“…Purpose We aimed to evaluate the nutritional status of children with early onset scoliosis (EOS) and to determine if treatment with growing rod instrumentation…”
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Spondylolysis is frequently missed by MRI in adolescents with back pain by Yamaguchi, Kent T., Skaggs, David L., Acevedo, Daniel C., Myung, Karen S., Choi, Paul, Andras, Lindsay

“…Abstract Purpose Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is often used in the evaluation of lower back pain in adolescents. The purpose of our study is to report on…”
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Are pedicle screw constructs really more expensive than hybrid constructs? by Blumstein, Gideon W, Shan, Le-qun, Lee, Christopher, Myung, Karen S, Skaggs, David L

“…BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to determine the total expenses of all pedicle screws compared with hybrid constructs in adolescent idiopathic…”
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Comparison of the post-transcriptional regulation of the mRNAs for the surface proteins PSA (GP46) and MSP (GP63) of Leishmania chagasi by Myung, Karen S, Beetham, Jeffrey K, Wilson, Mary E, Donelson, John E

“…MSP (GP63) and PSA (GP46) are abundant 63- and 46-kDa glycolipid-anchored proteins on the surface of the promastigote form of most Leishmania species. MSP is a…”
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Comparison of the Post-transcriptional Regulation of the mRNAs for the Surface Proteins PSA (GP46) and MSP (GP63) ofLeishmania chagasi by Myung, Karen S., Beetham, Jeffrey K., Wilson, Mary E., Donelson, John E.

“…MSP (GP63) and PSA (GP46) are abundant 63- and 46-kDa glycolipid-anchored proteins on the surface of the promastigote form of most Leishmania species. MSP is a…”
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Glycoprotein 46 mRNA Abundance Is Post-transcriptionally Regulated during Development of Leishmania chagasiPromastigotes to an Infectious Form by Beetham, Jeffrey K., Myung, Karen S., McCoy, James J., Wilson, Mary E., Donelson, John E.

“…GP46 is an abundant glycoprotein of 46 kDa on the surface of the promastigote form of most Leishmaniaspecies. We show that the steady state level of GP46 mRNA…”
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Ten Percent of Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Have Variations in the Number of Thoracic or Lumbar Vertebrae by Ibrahim, David A., BA, Myung, Karen S., MD, PhD, Skaggs, David L., MD

“…Background Surveys have demonstrated that wrong-site surgery of the spine is performed by up to 50% of spine surgeons over the course of a career. Inaccurate…”
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Intensive Care Unit Versus Hospital Floor: A Comparative Study of Postoperative Management of Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis by Shan, Le-qun, MD, PhD, Skaggs, David L., MD, MMM, Lee, Christopher, MD, Kissinger, Catherine, MN, Myung, Karen S., MD, PhD

“…Background Patients undergoing posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis were admitted to the intensive care unit…”
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Glycoprotein 46 mRNA abundance is post-transcriptionally regulated during development of Leishmania chagasi promastigotes to an infectious form by Beetham, J K, Myung, K S, McCoy, J J, Wilson, M E, Donelson, J E

“…GP46 is an abundant glycoprotein of 46 kDa on the surface of the promastigote form of most Leishmania species. We show that the steady state level of GP46 mRNA…”
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