Selective versus nonselective fusion for idiopathic scoliosis: does lumbosacral takeoff angle change?
Collectively, these data demonstrate the preoperative TL/L Cobb angle and LSTOA can be useful predictors of postoperative TL/L Cobb angle after a selective instrumented fusion. Analyses of distal fixation levels demonstrated that to appreciably change the LSTOA using a posterior instrumented fusion, the distal level of fixation must be beyond the lumbar apex.
This study suggests that AKR-501 would be useful for the treatment of thrombocytopenia even at high plasma levels of endogenous TPO following chemotherapy.