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Anesthesia and Postoperative Management of Spinal Deformity Surgery in Growing Children

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The number of pediatric scoliosis surgeries is increasing each year due to recent advances in spinal instrumenta-tion, surgical techniques, and improved perioperative monitoring.

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    Ivan Florentino-Pineda

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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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Florentino-Pineda, I. (2011). Anesthesia and Postoperative Management of Spinal Deformity Surgery in Growing Children. 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_39

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