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Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
frequently double curves balance out & do not produce cosmetic deformity;
- they do not tend to progress unless> 60 deg at skeletal maturity;
- operative indications:
- marked progression of curves;
- disadvantages of surgery:
- instrumentation must be applied to almost the entire spine
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